רָפֶה
râpheh · raw-feh'
slack (in body or mind)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7503 (רָפָה);
slack (in body or mind)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: weak. raphah, Raphah. See H7497 (רָפָא), H7498 (רָפָא). riphah. See H7383 (רִיפָה).
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 רָפֶה 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
4 occurrences · 4 OT · 0 NT · 4 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- or weak1 · 25%
- and weak1 · 25%
- the weak1 · 25%
- ye the weak1 · 25%
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.