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Lexicon :: Strong's H7503 - rāp̄â

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רָפָה
Transliteration
rāp̄â
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2198

Strong’s Definitions

רָפָה râphâh, raw-faw'; a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative):—abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H7503 in the following manner: feeble (6x), fail (4x), weaken (4x), go (4x), alone (4x), idle (3x), stay (3x), slack (3x), faint (2x), forsake (2x), abated (1x), cease (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H7503 in the following manner: feeble (6x), fail (4x), weaken (4x), go (4x), alone (4x), idle (3x), stay (3x), slack (3x), faint (2x), forsake (2x), abated (1x), cease (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

  1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened

    1. (Qal)

      1. to sink down

      2. to sink, drop

      3. to sink, relax, abate

      4. to relax, withdraw

    2. (Niphal) idle (participle)

    3. (Piel) to let drop

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake

      2. to let go

      3. to refrain, let alone

      4. to be quiet

    5. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָפָה râphâh, raw-faw'; a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative):—abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495.
STRONGS H7503: Abbreviations
† רָפה verb sink, relax (Late Hebrew id., so Aramaic רפא (derived species), Zinjirli רפה Aph`el, bdb095102; Arabic bdb095103 an easy life is perhaps akin); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular Judges 19:9 (yet see below); 3rd person feminine singular רָֽפִ֑תָה Judges 8:3; Jeremiah 49:24, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְפֶּה Isaiah 5:24, וַיִּרֶף Exodus 4:26 (see below), etc.; —
1. sink down, of hay in flame Isaiah 5:24; sink, decline, of day Judges 19:9 (si vera lectio; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) κέκλικεν, GFM נָטָה [but how explain the difficult רפה ?]). Usu.
2. sink, drop (of wings, see Pi.), of hands, with מִן Nehemiah 6:9 their hands will drop from the work (in fear); elsewhere absolute figurative = lose heart, energy, 2 Samuel 4:1; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12; Zephaniah 3:16; יָרַיִם omitted Jeremiah 49:24.
3. sink, relax, abate, of temper Judges 8:3 (+ מֵעַל person).
4. relax, withdraw, subject י׳, מִן person Exodus 4:26 (J), i.e. let one alone (but read perhaps וַיֶרֶף, see Hiph.).
Niph.. Participle plural נִרְפִּים idle Exodus 5:8, 17 (J).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רִפָּה Job 12:21; Imperfect 3rd person feminine plural תְּרַפֶּינָה Ezekiel 1:24, 25; Participle מְרַפּא (Ges§ 75 rr) Jeremiah 38:4; plural מְרַפִּים Ezra 4:4; — causative: let wings drop Ezekiel 1:24, 25 (read Qal, כנפיהם subject, Greek Version of the LXX Co Toy Krae and others, who strike out in Ezekiel 1:25); loosen and let drop, girdle of mighty, figurative for weaken them Job 12:21; with accusative hands, figurative for enfeeble, dishearten Jeremiah 38:4; Ezra 4:4.
Hiph. Imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַרְפְּךָ Deuteronomy 4:31 +; jussive 2nd person masculine singular תֶּ֫רֶף Joshua 10:6 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְפֵּה Judges 11:37; 2 Kings 4:27; הֶ֫רֶף Deuteronomy 9:14 +; masculine plural הַרְפּוּ Psalm 46:11; — causative,
1. let drop, the hand 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15; figurative, + מִן person, = abandon, Joshua 10:6 (JE); perhaps also (יָד omitted) = relax, refrain Exodus 4:26 (reading וַיֶרֶף, see Qal); accusative of thing, = abandon, forsake, Nehemiah 6:3, so (subject י׳) Psalm 138:8; subject י׳, with accusative of person, Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8; Joshua 1:5 (D), 1 Chronicles 28:20.
2. let go, suffix person, Songs 3:4 (opposed to אחז); figurative, accusative (omitted) מוּסָר, Proverbs 4:13 (opposed to החזיק), צְדָקָה Job 27:6 (opposed to id.).
3. refrain, with מִן person, = let one alone Judges 11:37; Deuteronomy 9:14, מִן of anger Psalm 37:8; with ל person 1 Samuel 11:3; 2 Kings 4:27; accusative of person Job 7:19; absolute let alone, i.e. do nothing, be quiet, 1 Samuel 15:16; Psalm 46:11 (compare Weir in Dr1 Samuel 15:16). — Jeremiah 3:22; Job 5:18; Psalm 60:4 see רָפָא.
Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְרַפִּיתָ Proverbs 24:10 hast shewn thyself slack; Participle מִתְרַפֶּה Proverbs 18:9 one shewing himself slack, plural מִתְרַפִּים Joshua 18:3. — See also רָפָא heal.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:26; 4:26; 4:26; 5:8; 5:17

Deuteronomy

4:31; 4:31; 9:14; 9:14; 31:6; 31:8

Joshua

1:5; 10:6; 10:6; 18:3

Judges

8:3; 8:3; 11:37; 11:37; 19:9; 19:9

1 Samuel

11:3; 15:16; 15:16

2 Samuel

4:1; 24:16

2 Kings

4:27; 4:27

1 Chronicles

21:15; 28:20

Ezra

4:4; 4:4

Nehemiah

6:3; 6:9

Job

5:18; 7:19; 12:21; 12:21; 27:6

Psalms

37:8; 46:11; 46:11; 60:4; 138:8

Proverbs

4:13; 18:9; 24:10

Song of Songs

3:4

Isaiah

5:24; 5:24; 13:7

Jeremiah

3:22; 6:24; 38:4; 38:4; 49:24; 49:24; 50:43

Ezekiel

1:24; 1:24; 1:25; 1:25; 1:25; 7:17; 21:12

Zephaniah

3:16

H7503

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Strong's Number H7503 matches the Hebrew רָפָה (rāp̄â),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - “But the quota H4971 of bricks H3843 which H834 they were making H6213 previously, H8543 H8032 you shall impose H7760 on them; you are not to reduce H1639 any H4480 of it. Because H3588 they are lazy, H7503 therefore H5921 H3651 they cry H6817 out, ‘[fn]Let us go H1980 and sacrifice H2076 to our God.’ H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - But he said, H559 “You are lazy, H7503 very lazy; H7503 therefore H5921 H3651 you say, H559 ‘Let us go H1980 and sacrifice H2076 to the LORD.’ H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - “For the LORD H3068 your God H430 is a compassionate H7349 God; H410 He will not fail H7503 you nor H3808 destroy H7843 you nor H3808 forget H7911 the covenant H1285 with your fathers H1 which H834 He swore H7650 to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14 - ‘Let H7503 Me alone, H4480 H7503 that I may destroy H8045 them and blot H4229 out their name H8034 from under H8478 heaven; H8064 and I will make H6213 of you a nation H1471 mightier H6099 and greater H7227 than H4480 they.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:6 - “Be strong H2388 and courageous, H553 do not be afraid H3372 or tremble H6206 at them, for the LORD H3068 your God H430 is the one who goes H1980 with you. He will not fail H7503 you or forsake H5800 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:8 - “The LORD H3068 is the one who goes H1980 ahead H6440 of you; He will be with you. He will not fail H7503 you or forsake H5800 you. Do not fear H3372 or be dismayed.” H2865

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:5 - “No H3808 man H376 will be able to stand H3320 before H6440 you all H3605 the days H3117 of your life. H2416 Just H834 as I have been H1961 with Moses, H4872 I will be with you; I will not fail H7503 you or forsake H5800 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - Then the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 sent H7971 word to Joshua H3091 to the camp H4264 at Gilgal, H1537 saying, H559 “Do not [fn]abandon H7503 H3027 H4480 your servants; H5650 come H5927 up to us quickly H4120 and save H3467 us and help H5826 us, for all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 that live H3427 in the hill H2022 country H2022 have assembled H6908 against H413 us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3 - So Joshua H3091 said H559 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 “How H575 long H5704 will you put H7503 off H7503 entering H935 to take H3423 possession H3423 of the land H776 which H834 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of your fathers, H1 has given H5414 you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - “God H430 has given H5414 the leaders H8269 of Midian, H4080 Oreb H6159 and Zeeb H2062 into your hands; H3027 and what H4100 was I able H3201 to do H6213 in comparison with you?” Then H227 their [fn]anger H7307 toward H4480 H5921 him subsided H7503 when he said H1696 [fn]that.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - She said H559 to her father, H1 “Let this H2088 thing H1697 be done H6213 for me; let H7503 me alone H4480 H7503 two H8147 months, H2320 that I may [fn]go H1980 H3381 to the mountains H2022 and weep H1058 because H5921 of my virginity, H1331 I and my companions.” H7464

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - When the man H376 arose H6965 to go H1980 along with his concubine H6370 and servant, H5288 his father-in-law, H2859 the girl’s H5291 father, H1 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now, H4994 the day H3117 has drawn H7503 [fn]to a close; H6150 please H4994 spend H3885 the night. H3885 Lo, H2009 the day H3117 is [fn]coming H2583 to an end; H2583 spend H3885 the night H3885 here H6311 that your heart H3824 may be merry. H3190 Then tomorrow H4279 you may arise H7925 early H7925 for your journey H1870 so that you may go H1980 [fn]home.” H168

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - The elders H2205 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 to him, “Let H7503 us alone H7503 for seven H7651 days, H3117 that we may send H7971 messengers H4397 throughout H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel. H3478 Then, if H518 there H369 is no H369 one H369 to deliver H3467 us, we will come H3318 out to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16 - Then Samuel H8050 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “Wait, H7503 and let me tell H5046 you what H834 the LORD H3068 said H1696 to me last night.” H3915 And he said H559 to him, “Speak!” H1696

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - Now when [fn]Ish-bosheth, Saul’s H7586 son, H1121 heard H8085 that Abner H74 had died H4191 in Hebron, H2275 [fn]he lost H7503 courage, H3027 H7503 and all H3605 Israel H3478 was disturbed. H926

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - When the angel H4397 stretched H7971 out his hand H3027 toward Jerusalem H3389 to destroy H7843 it, the LORD H3068 relented H5162 from the calamity H7451 and said H559 to the angel H4397 who destroyed H7843 the people, H5971 “It is enough! H7227 Now H6258 relax H7503 your hand!” H3027 And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 was by the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of Araunah H728 the Jebusite. H2983

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - When she came H935 to the man H376 of God H430 to the hill, H2022 she caught H2388 hold H2388 of his feet. H7272 And Gehazi H1522 came H5066 near H5066 to push H1920 her away; H1920 but the man H376 of God H430 said, H559 “Let H7503 her alone, H7503 for her soul H5315 is [fn]troubled H4843 within her; and the LORD H3068 has hidden H5956 it from me and has not told H5046 me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And God H430 sent H7971 an angel H4397 to Jerusalem H3389 to destroy H7843 it; but as he was about to destroy H7843 it, the LORD H3068 saw H7200 and was sorry H5162 over H5921 the calamity, H7451 and said H559 to the destroying H7843 angel, H4397 “It is enough; H7227 now H6258 relax H7503 your hand.” H3027 And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 was standing H5975 by the threshing H1637 floor H1637 of [fn]Ornan H771 the Jebusite. H2983

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - Then David H1732 said H559 to his son H1121 Solomon, H8010 “Be strong H2388 and courageous, H553 and act; H6213 do not fear H3372 nor H408 be dismayed, H2865 for the LORD H3068 God, H430 my God, H430 is with you. He will not fail H7503 you nor H3808 forsake H5800 you until H5704 all H3605 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 is finished. H3615

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - “But you, be strong H2388 and do not [fn]lose H3027 H7503 courage, H3027 H7503 for there H3426 is reward H7939 for your work.” H6468

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:4 - Then the people H5971 of the land H776 [fn]discouraged H7503 H3027 the people H5971 of Judah, H3063 and frightened H1089 them from building, H1129

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - So I sent H7971 messengers H4397 to them, saying, H559 “I am doing H6213 a great H1419 work H4399 and I cannot H3201 H3808 come H3381 down. H3381 Why H4100 should the work H4399 stop H7673 while H834 I leave H7503 it and come H3381 down H3381 to you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - For all H3605 of them were trying to frighten H3372 us, [fn]thinking, H559 “[fn]They will become H3027 H7503 discouraged H7503 H3027 with the work H4399 and it will not be done.” H6213 But now, H6258 O God, strengthen H2388 my hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - “[fn]Will You never H3808 turn H8159 Your gaze H8159 away from me,
Nor H3808 let H7503 me alone H7503 until H5704 I swallow H1104 my spittle? H7536

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - “He pours H8210 contempt H937 on nobles H5081
And loosens H7503 the belt H4206 of the strong. H650

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - “I hold H2388 fast H2388 my righteousness H6666 and will not let H7503 it go. H7503
My heart H3824 does not reproach H2778 any H4480 of my days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Cease H7503 from anger H639 and forsake H5800 wrath; H2534
Do not fret; H2734 it leads only H389 to evildoing. H7489

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10 - “[fn]Cease H7503 striving and know H3045 that I am God; H430
I will be exalted H7311 among the [fn]nations, H1471 I will be exalted H7311 in the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8 - The LORD H3068 will accomplish H1584 what H1157 concerns H1157 me;
Your lovingkindness, H2617 O LORD, H3068 is everlasting; H5769
Do not forsake H7503 the works H4639 of Your hands. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take H2388 hold H2388 of instruction; H4148 do not let H7503 go. H7503
Guard H5341 her, for she is your life. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - He also H1571 who is slack H7503 in his work H4399
Is brother H251 to him who destroys. H7843

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If you are slack H7503 in the day H3117 of distress, H6869
Your strength H3581 is limited. H6862

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - “Scarcely H4592 had I [fn]left H5674 them
When H5704 H7945 I found H4672 him whom H7945 my soul H5315 loves; H157
I held H270 on to him and would not let H7503 him go H7503
Until H5704 I had brought H935 him to my mother’s H517 house, H1004
And into the room H2315 of her who conceived H2029 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore, H3651 as a tongue H3956 of fire H784 consumes H398 stubble H7179
And dry H2842 grass H2842 collapses H7503 into the flame, H3852
So their root H8328 will become H1961 like rot H4716 and their blossom H6525 [fn]blow H5927 away H5927 as dust; H80
For they have rejected H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635
And despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel. H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:7 - Therefore H5921 H3651 all H3605 hands H3027 will fall H7503 limp, H7503
And every H3605 man’s H582 heart H3824 will melt. H4549

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard H8085 the report H8089 of it;
Our hands H3027 are limp. H7503
Anguish H6869 has seized H2388 us,
Pain H2427 as of a woman in childbirth. H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Then the officials H8269 said H559 to the king, H4428 “Now H4994 let this H2088 man H376 be put H4191 to death, H4191 inasmuch H3588 H5921 H3651 as he is [fn]discouraging H7503 H3027 the men H376 of war H4421 who are left H7604 in this H2088 city H5892 and [fn]all H3605 the people, H5971 by speaking H1696 such H428 words H1697 to them; for this H2088 man H376 is not seeking H1875 the well-being H7965 of this H2088 people H5971 but rather H3588 H518 their harm.” H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - “Damascus H1834 has become H7503 helpless; H7503
She has turned H6437 away to flee, H5127
And panic H7374 has gripped H2388 her;
Distress H6869 and pangs H2256 have taken H270 hold H270 of her
Like a woman in childbirth. H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - “The king H4428 of Babylon H894 has heard H8085 the report H8088 about them,
And his hands H3027 hang H7503 limp; H7503
Distress H6869 has gripped H2388 him,
Agony H2427 like a woman in childbirth. H3205

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24 - I also heard H8085 the sound H6963 of their wings H3671 like the sound H6963 of abundant H7227 waters H4325 as they went, H1980 like the voice H6963 of [fn]the Almighty, H7706 a sound H6963 of tumult H1999 like the sound H6963 of an army H4264 camp; H4264 whenever they stood H5975 still, H5975 they dropped H7503 their wings. H3671

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there came H1961 a voice H6963 from above H5921 the expanse H7549 that was over H5921 their heads; H7218 whenever they stood H5975 still, H5975 they dropped H7503 their wings. H3671

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - ‘All H3605 hands H3027 will hang H7503 limp H7503 and all H3605 knees H1290 will [fn]become H1980 like water. H4325

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - “And when H3588 they say H559 to you, ‘Why H5921 H4100 do you groan?’ H584 you shall say, H559 ‘Because H413 of the news H8052 that is coming; H935 and every H3605 heart H3820 will melt, H4549 all H3605 hands H3027 will be feeble, H7503 every H3605 spirit H7307 will [fn]faint H3543 and all H3605 knees H1290 will [fn]be weak H1980 as water. H4325 Behold, H2009 it comes H935 and it will happen,’ H1961 declares H5002 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD.” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:16 - In that day H3117 it will be said H559 to Jerusalem: H3389
“Do not be afraid, H3372 O Zion; H6726
Do not let your hands H3027 fall H7503 limp. H7503
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