רָפָה

ra.pahRapha
hebrewOld TestamentTitle25 occurrences6 books24 verses
This word comes from the names of Rapha, Rephaim and Valley of Rephaim.

Definition

or רָפָה; from H7495 in the sense of invigorating; a giant
Traditional renderings: giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051.

Glossary entries

Rephaim Valley of Rephaim Zamzummim, Zamzummites Rephaites Valley of Rephaim

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

25 total
  1. Genesis 14:5רְפָאִים֙ · the Rephaites
    In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
  2. Genesis 15:20הָרְפָאִֽים׃ · Rephaites
    Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
  3. Deuteronomy 2:11רְפָאִ֛ים · as Rephaim
    Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.
  4. Deuteronomy 2:20 (2×)רְפָאִ֥ים · of the Rephaim; רְפָאִ֤ים · [who]
    (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
  5. Deuteronomy 3:11הָרְפָאִים֒ · of the Rephaim
    (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)
  6. Deuteronomy 3:13רְפָאִֽים׃ · of the Rephaim
    To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
  7. Joshua 12:4הָרְפָאִ֑ים · of the Rephaim
    And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.
  8. Joshua 13:12הָרְפָאִ֔ים · of the Rephaim
    …the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,
  9. Joshua 15:8רְפָאִ֖ים · of Rephaim
    From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
  10. Joshua 17:15וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑ים · and the Rephaim
    Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”
  11. Joshua 18:16רְפָאִ֖ים · of Rephaim
    Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.
  12. 2 Samuel 5:18רְפָאִֽים׃ · of Rephaim
    Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
  13. 2 Samuel 5:22רְפָאִֽים׃ · of Rephaim
    Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
  14. 2 Samuel 21:16הָרָפָ֗ה · of Rapha
    Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
  15. 2 Samuel 21:18הָרָפָֽה׃פ · of Rapha
    Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, a descendant of Rapha.
  16. 2 Samuel 21:20לְהָרָפָֽה׃ · from Rapha
    And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
  17. 2 Samuel 21:22לְהָרָפָ֖ה · of Rapha
    So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
  18. 2 Samuel 23:13רְפָאִֽים׃ · of Rephaim
    At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
  19. 1 Chronicles 11:15רְפָאִֽים׃ · of Rephaim
    Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
  20. 1 Chronicles 14:9רְפָאִֽים׃ · of Rephaim
    Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
  21. 1 Chronicles 20:4הָרְפָאִ֖ים · of the Rephaim
    Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.
  22. 1 Chronicles 20:6לְהָרָפָֽא׃ · from Rapha
    And there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
  23. 1 Chronicles 20:8לְהָרָפָ֖א · of Rapha
    So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
  24. Isaiah 17:5רְפָאִֽים׃ · of Rephaim
    …as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.