Quick Definition
to spread
Strong's Definition
to spread (a bed); by implication, to refresh
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: comfort, make (a bed), spread.
TWOT Reference: 2197
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָפַד (ra.phad) — to spread. 1) to spread 1a) (Qal) to spread 1b) (Piel) to spread out, support
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רְפִידָה
Dead | verb pi
Collocation: רפד יָצוּעַ בַּחֹשֶׁךְ
to make one's bed in darkness literally: to spreak (one's) bed in darkness; hence: = process by which humans die and move to the world of the dead
verb · רְפִידָה
Strong | verb pi | ≈ סמך
to refresh = causative action by which humans help other humans to regain their strength
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רָפַד] vb. spread Qal he (the crocodile) spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mud (leaves marks upon it from his scales).
Pi. then (spread out any support, hence) support me with apples
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