רָפָה
râphâh · raw-faw'
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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 (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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
The head, the highest that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָפָה 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
46 occurrences · 46 OT · 0 NT · 39 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- stay3 · 10%
- ye are idle2 · 7%
- shall be feeble2 · 7%
- so he let him go1 · 3%
- ought thereof: for they be idle1 · 3%
- he will not forsake1 · 3%
- let me alone1 · 3%
- with thee; he will not fail1 · 3%
- thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail1 · 3%
- so i will be with thee: i will not fail1 · 3%
- slack1 · 3%
- how long are ye slack1 · 3%
- was abated1 · 3%
- for me: let me alone1 · 3%
- draweth1 · 3%
- respite1 · 3%
- were feeble1 · 3%
- let her alone1 · 3%
- will be with thee; he will not fail1 · 3%
- be weak1 · 3%
- weakened1 · 3%
- i leave1 · 3%
- shall be weakened1 · 3%
- from me, nor let me alone1 · 3%
- and weakeneth1 · 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.