רָפָא
râphâʼ · raw-faw'
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Lexicon
Derivation: or רָפָה; a primitive root;
properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, [idiom] thoroughly, make whole. See H7503 (רָפָה).
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to speak, the word › strength, the leader
The head, the highest that works to speak, the word of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָפָא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
67 occurrences · 67 OT · 0 NT · 64 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to be healed4 · 11%
- heal3 · 8%
- and will heal2 · 6%
- and i will heal2 · 6%
- healed2 · 6%
- and healed2 · 6%
- is healed2 · 6%
- be healed2 · 6%
- not be healed1 · 3%
- ye are all physicians1 · 3%
- and is healed1 · 3%
- and shall cause him to be thoroughly1 · 3%
- but to the physicians1 · 3%
- and i heal1 · 3%
- behold, i will heal1 · 3%
- that healeth1 · 3%
- were healed1 · 3%
- i have healed1 · 3%
- unto him. and he repaired1 · 3%
- will heal1 · 3%
- then ye shall be healed1 · 3%
- make whole1 · 3%
- and the physicians1 · 3%
- unto thee, and thou hast healed1 · 3%
- the physicians1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.