H7496 רָפָא (râphâʼ) raw-faw'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

shade

Strong's Definition

properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)

Derivation: from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of H7503 (רָפָה);

KJV Usage: dead, deceased.

TWOT Reference: 2198c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רְפָאִים (ra.pah) — shade. ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רְפָאִים (H7496 · H7497)

noun m · רפה · רָפָה

spirits of the dead, shades = the spirits of those who have died and now reside in the abode of the dead

JOB 26:5 · PSA 88:11 · PRO 2:18 · PRO 9:18 · PRO 21:16 · ISA 14:9 · ISA 26:14 · ISA 26:19

name

Names of Groups | ≈ זַמְזֻמִּים

Rephaim = people, also known as Zamzummites; ◄ descendants of Raphah; tribe of giants

GEN 14:5 · GEN 15:20 · DEU 2:11 · DEU 2:20 · DEU 2:20 · DEU 3:11 · DEU 3:13 · JOS 12:4 · JOS 13:12 · JOS 15:8 · JOS 17:15 · JOS 18:16 · 2SA 5:18 · 2SA 5:22 · 2SA 23:13 · 1CH 11:15 · 1CH 14:9 · 1CH 20:4 · ISA 17:5

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רְפָאִים n.m. pl. shades, ghosts base

Bible Occurrences (8)

26:5

88:10

2:18 9:18 21:16

14:9 26:14 26:19

Job 26:5

The dead tremble — those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.

Proverbs 2:18

For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

Proverbs 9:18

But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests [are] in the depths of Sheol.

Proverbs 21:16

The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you— all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Isaiah 26:14

The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.

Isaiah 26:19

Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.