רָפָא
râphâʼ · raw-faw'
a giant
Lexicon
Derivation: or רָפָה; from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of invigorating;
a giant
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051 (בֵּית רָפָא).
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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of rephaim6 · 24%
- of the giants4 · 16%
- of the giant4 · 16%
- of giants3 · 12%
- giants2 · 8%
- to the giant2 · 8%
- the rephaims1 · 4%
- and the rephaims1 · 4%
- and of the giants1 · 4%
- unto the giant1 · 4%
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.