רָפָא
râphâʼ · raw-faw'
properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of H7503 (רָפָה);
properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
- properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead
- in plural only)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dead, deceased.
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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the dead2 · 25%
- dead1 · 13%
- shall the dead1 · 13%
- unto the dead1 · 13%
- not that the dead1 · 13%
- of the dead1 · 13%
- they are deceased1 · 13%
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.