Strong's H7511: רָפַס (râphaç) Meaning

Quick Definition

to stamp

Strong's Definition

to trample, i.e. prostrate

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: humble self, submit self.

TWOT Reference: 2199

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) (Hithpael)

1c1) to stamp oneself down, humble oneself

1c2) stamping or tramping down (participle)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1576

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָפַס (ra.phas) — to stamp. 1) (Hithpael) 1c1) to stamp oneself down, humble oneself 1c2) stamping or tramping down (participle) Aramaic equivalent: re.phas (רְפַס "to tread" H7512)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רפשׂ (H7511 · A7512 · H7515) — רפס

verb · מִרְפָּשׂ

Impact | verb pe'al

to trample = action by which animals tread heavily and noisily on objects, ► resulting in destruction

DAN 7:7 · DAN 7:19

Mixed | verb qal, verb nif

to foul, to muddy = causative action by which humans or animals walk through clean water and so muddy it with their feet

PRO 25:26 · EZK 32:2 · EZK 34:18

verb

Stance

to humiliate oneself, to grovel = action by which humans take on a posture of humility before (other) humans or deities in order to receive a favorable attitude

PSA 68:31 · PRO 6:3

¹ PSA 68:31 NIV "humbled" NJPS "cringing" NJB GNT "bow down" REB "prostrate themselves" CEV "crawling" | RSV NRSV ESV "trample underfoot"

Reinier de Blois

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָפַס, רָפַשׂ vb. stamp, tread, foul by stamping, treading Qal c. acc. rivers

Niph. a fountain befouled.

Hithp. (stamp oneself down, then fig.) humble thyself

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Bible Occurrences (2)

68:30

6:3

H7511 רָפַס (râphaç) raw-fas'