Lexicon :: Strong's H7503 - rāp̄â

רָפָה

Transliteration

rāp̄â

Pronunciation

raw-faw'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2198

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

רָפָה râphâh, raw-faw'; a primitive root; to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative):—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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H7503 in the following manner: feeble (6x), fail (4x), weaken (4x), go (4x), alone (4x), idle (3x), stay (3x), slack (3x), faint (2x), forsake (2x), abated (1x), cease (1x), miscellaneous (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened
1. (Qal)
  1. to sink down
  2. to sink, drop
  3. to sink, relax, abate
  4. to relax, withdraw
2. (Niphal) idle (participle)
3. (Piel) to let drop
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake
  2. to let go
  3. to refrain, let alone
  4. to be quiet
5. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7503: Abbreviations

† רָפה verb sink, relax (Late Hebrew id., so Aramaic רפא (derived species), Zinjirli רפה Aph`el, ; Arabic an easy life is perhaps akin); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular Judges 19:9 (yet see below); 3rd person feminine singular רָֽפִ֑תָה Judges 8:3; Jeremiah 49:24, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִרְפֶּה Isaiah 5:24, וַיִּרֶף Exodus 4:26 (see below), etc.; —

1. sink down, of hay in flame Isaiah 5:24; sink, decline, of day Judges 19:9 (si vera lectio; κέκλικεν, GFM נָטָה [but how explain the difficult רפה ?]). Usu.

2. sink, drop (of wings, see Pi.), of hands, with מִן Nehemiah 6:9 their hands will drop from the work (in fear); elsewhere absolute figurative = lose heart, energy, 2 Samuel 4:1; Isaiah 13:7; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:12; Zephaniah 3:16; יָרַיִם omitted Jeremiah 49:24.

3. sink, relax, abate, of temper Judges 8:3 (+ מֵעַל person).

4. relax, withdraw, subject י׳, מִן person Exodus 4:26 (J), i.e. let one alone (but read perhaps וַיֶרֶף, see Hiph.).

Niph.. Participle plural נִרְפִּים idle Exodus 5:8, 17 (J).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular רִפָּה Job 12:21; Imperfect 3rd person feminine plural תְּרַפֶּינָה Ezekiel 1:24, 25; Participle מְרַפּא (Ges^{§ 75 rr}) Jeremiah 38:4; plural מְרַפִּים Ezra 4:4; — causative: let wings drop Ezekiel 1:24, 25 (read Qal, כנפיהם subject, Co Toy Krae and others, who strike out in Ezekiel 1:25); loosen and let drop, girdle of mighty, figurative for weaken them Job 12:21; with accusative hands, figurative for enfeeble, dishearten Jeremiah 38:4; Ezra 4:4.
Hiph. Imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular suffix יַרְפְּךָ Deuteronomy 4:31 +; jussive 2nd person masculine singular תֶּ֫רֶף Joshua 10:6 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַרְפֵּה Judges 11:37; 2 Kings 4:27; הֶ֫רֶף Deuteronomy 9:14 +; masculine plural הַרְפּוּ Psalm 46:11; — causative,

1. let drop, the hand 2 Samuel 24:16 = 1 Chronicles 21:15; figurative, + מִן person, = abandon, Joshua 10:6 (JE); perhaps also (יָד omitted) = relax, refrain Exodus 4:26 (reading וַיֶרֶף, see Qal); accusative of thing, = abandon, forsake, Nehemiah 6:3, so (subject י׳) Psalm 138:8; subject י׳, with accusative of person, Deuteronomy 4:31; Deuteronomy 31:6, 8; Joshua 1:5 (D), 1 Chronicles 28:20.

2. let go, suffix person, Songs 3:4 (opposed to אחז); figurative, accusative (omitted) מוּסָר, Proverbs 4:13 (opposed to החזיק), צְדָקָה Job 27:6 (opposed to id.).

3. refrain, with מִן person, = let one alone Judges 11:37; Deuteronomy 9:14, מִן of anger Psalm 37:8; with ל person 1 Samuel 11:3; 2 Kings 4:27; accusative of person Job 7:19; absolute let alone, i.e. do nothing, be quiet, 1 Samuel 15:16; Psalm 46:11 (compare Weir in Dr^{1 Samuel 15:16}). — Jeremiah 3:22; Job 5:18; Psalm 60:4 see רָפָא.

Hithp. Perfect 2nd person masculine singular הִתְרַפִּיתָ Proverbs 24:10 hast shewn thyself slack; Participle מִתְרַפֶּה Proverbs 18:9 one shewing himself slack, plural מִתְרַפִּים Joshua 18:3. — See also רָפָא heal.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

4:26; 4:26; 4:26; 5:8; 5:17

Deuteronomy

4:31; 4:31; 9:14; 9:14; 31:6; 31:8

Joshua

1:5; 10:6; 10:6; 18:3

Judges

8:3; 8:3; 11:37; 11:37; 19:9

1 Samuel

11:3; 15:16; 15:16

2 Samuel

4:1; 24:16

2 Kings

4:27; 4:27

1 Chronicles

21:15; 28:20

Ezra

4:4; 4:4

Nehemiah

6:3; 6:9

Job

5:18; 7:19; 12:21; 12:21; 27:6

Psalms

37:8; 46:11; 46:11; 60:4; 138:8

Proverbs

4:13; 18:9; 24:10

Song of Songs

3:4

Isaiah

5:24; 5:24; 13:7

Jeremiah

3:22; 6:24; 38:4; 38:4; 49:24; 49:24; 50:43

Ezekiel

1:24; 1:24; 1:25; 1:25; 1:25; 7:17; 21:12

Zephaniah

3:16

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H7503 matches the Hebrew רָפָה (rāp̄â),
which occurs 46 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Exo 4:26

Exo 4:26 - So he let him go:^H7503 then she said,^H559 A bloody^H1818 husband^H2860 thou art, because of the circumcision.^H4139

Exo 5:8

Exo 5:8 - And the tale^H4971 of the bricks,^H3843 which they did make^H6213 heretofore,^H8032^H8543 ye shall lay^H7760 upon them; ye shall not diminish^H1639 ought thereof: for they be idle;^H7503 therefore they cry,^H6817 saying,^H559 Let us go^H3212 and sacrifice^H2076 to our God.^H430

Exo 5:17

Exo 5:17 - But he said,^H559 Ye are idle,^H7503 ye are idle:^H7503 therefore ye say,^H559 Let us go^H3212 and do sacrifice^H2076 to the LORD.^H3068

Deu 4:31

Deu 4:31 - (For the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 is a merciful^H7349 God;)^H410 he will not forsake^H7503 thee, neither destroy^H7843 thee, nor forget^H7911 the covenant^H1285 of thy fathers^H1 which he sware^H7650 unto them.

Deu 9:14

Deu 9:14 - Let me alone,^H7503 that I may destroy^H8045 them, and blot out^H4229 their name^H8034 from under heaven:^H8064 and I will make^H6213 of^H854 thee a nation^H1471 mightier^H6099 and greater^H7227 than they.

Deu 31:6

Deu 31:6 - Be strong^H2388 and of a good courage,^H553 fear^H3372 not, nor be afraid^H6206 of them:^H6440 for the LORD^H3068 thy God,^H430 he it is that doth go^H1980 with thee; he will not fail^H7503 thee, nor forsake^H5800 thee.

Deu 31:8

Deu 31:8 - And the LORD,^H3068 he it is that doth go^H1980 before^H6440 thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail^H7503 thee, neither forsake^H5800 thee: fear^H3372 not, neither be dismayed.^H2865

Jos 1:5

Jos 1:5 - There shall not any man^H376 be able to stand^H3320 before^H6440 thee all the days^H3117 of thy life:^H2416 as I was with Moses,^H4872 so I will be with thee: I will not fail^H7503 thee, nor forsake^H5800 thee.

Jos 10:6

Jos 10:6 - And the men^H582 of Gibeon^H1391 sent^H7971 unto Joshua^H3091 to the camp^H4264 to Gilgal,^H1537 saying,^H559 Slack^H7503 not thy hand^H3027 from thy servants;^H5650 come up^H5927 to us quickly,^H4120 and save^H3467 us, and help^H5826 us: for all the kings^H4428 of the Amorites^H567 that dwell^H3427 in the mountains^H2022 are gathered together^H6908 against us.

Jos 18:3

Jos 18:3 - And Joshua^H3091 said^H559 unto the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 How long are ye slack^H7503 to go^H935 to possess^H3423 the land,^H776 which the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of your fathers^H1 hath given^H5414 you?

Jdg 8:3

Jdg 8:3 - God^H430 hath delivered^H5414 into your hands^H3027 the princes^H8269 of Midian,^H4080 Oreb^H6159 and Zeeb:^H2062 and what was I able^H3201 to do^H6213 in comparison of you? Then their anger^H7307 was abated^H7503 toward him, when he had said^H1697 that.^H1696

Jdg 11:37

Jdg 11:37 - And she said^H559 unto her father,^H1 Let this thing^H1697 be done^H6213 for me: let me alone^H7503 two^H8147 months,^H2320 that I may go up^H3212 and down^H3381 upon the mountains,^H2022 and bewail^H1058 my virginity,^H1331 I and my fellows.^H7464^H7474

Jdg 19:9

Jdg 19:9 - And when the man^H376 rose up^H6965 to depart,^H3212 he, and his concubine,^H6370 and his servant,^H5288 his father in law,^H2859 the damsel's^H5291 father,^H1 said^H559 unto him, Behold, now the day^H3117 draweth^H7503 toward evening,^H6150 I pray you tarry all night:^H3885 behold, the day^H3117 groweth to an end,^H2583 lodge^H3885 here, that thine heart^H3824 may be merry;^H3190 and to morrow^H4279 get you early^H7925 on your way,^H1870 that thou mayest go^H1980 home.^H168

1Sa 11:3

1Sa 11:3 - And the elders^H2205 of Jabesh^H3003 said^H559 unto him, Give us seven^H7651 days'^H3117 respite,^H7503 that we may send^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto all the coasts^H1366 of Israel:^H3478 and then, if there be no man to save^H3467 us, we will come out^H3318 to thee.

1Sa 15:16

1Sa 15:16 - Then Samuel^H8050 said^H559 unto Saul,^H7586 Stay,^H7503 and I will tell^H5046 thee what the LORD^H3068 hath said^H1696 to me this night.^H3915 And he said^H559 unto him, Say on.^H1696

2Sa 4:1

2Sa 4:1 - And when Saul's^H7586 son^H1121 heard^H8085 that Abner^H74 was dead^H4191 in Hebron,^H2275 his hands^H3027 were feeble,^H7503 and all the Israelites^H3478 were troubled.^H926

2Sa 24:16

2Sa 24:16 - And when the angel^H4397 stretched out^H7971 his hand^H3027 upon Jerusalem^H3389 to destroy^H7843 it, the LORD^H3068 repented^H5162 him of the evil,^H7451 and said^H559 to the angel^H4397 that destroyed^H7843 the people,^H5971 It is enough:^H7227 stay^H7503 now thine hand.^H3027 And the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 was by the threshingplace^H1637 of Araunah^H728 the Jebusite.^H2983

2Ki 4:27

2Ki 4:27 - And when she came^H935 to the man^H376 of God^H430 to the hill,^H2022 she caught^H2388 him by the feet:^H7272 but Gehazi^H1522 came near^H5066 to thrust her away.^H1920 And the man^H376 of God^H430 said,^H559 Let her alone;^H7503 for her soul^H5315 is vexed^H4843 within her: and the LORD^H3068 hath hid^H5956 it from me, and hath not told^H5046 me.

1Ch 21:15

1Ch 21:15 - And God^H430 sent^H7971 an angel^H4397 unto Jerusalem^H3389 to destroy^H7843 it: and as he was destroying,^H7843 the LORD^H3068 beheld,^H7200 and he repented^H5162 him of the evil,^H7451 and said^H559 to the angel^H4397 that destroyed,^H7843 It is enough,^H7227 stay^H7503 now thine hand.^H3027 And the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 stood^H5975 by the threshingfloor^H1637 of Ornan^H771 the Jebusite.^H2983

1Ch 28:20

1Ch 28:20 - And David^H1732 said^H559 to Solomon^H8010 his son,^H1121 Be strong^H2388 and of good courage,^H553 and do^H6213 it: fear^H3372 not, nor be dismayed:^H2865 for the LORD^H3068 God,^H430 even my God,^H430 will be with thee; he will not fail^H7503 thee, nor forsake^H5800 thee, until thou hast finished^H3615 all the work^H4399 for the service^H5656 of the house^H1004 of the LORD.^H3068

2Ch 15:7

2Ch 15:7 - Be ye strong^H2388 therefore, and let not your hands^H3027 be weak:^H7503 for your work^H6468 shall be^H3426 rewarded.^H7939

Ezr 4:4

Ezr 4:4 - Then the people^H5971 of the land^H776 weakened^H7503 the hands^H3027 of the people^H5971 of Judah,^H3063 and troubled^H926^H1089 them in building,^H1129

Neh 6:3

Neh 6:3 - And I sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 unto them, saying,^H559 I am doing^H6213 a great^H1419 work,^H4399 so that I cannot^H3201 come down:^H3381 why should the work^H4399 cease,^H7673 whilst^H834 I leave^H7503 it, and come down^H3381 to you?

Neh 6:9

Neh 6:9 - For they all made us afraid,^H3372 saying,^H559 Their hands^H3027 shall be weakened^H7503 from the work,^H4399 that it be not done.^H6213 Now therefore, O God, strengthen^H2388 my hands.^H3027

Job 7:19

Job 7:19 - How long^H4100 wilt thou not depart^H8159 from me, nor let me alone^H7503 till I swallow down^H1104 my spittle?^H7536

Job 12:21

Job 12:21 - He poureth^H8210 contempt^H937 upon princes,^H5081 and weakeneth^H7503 the strength^H4206 of the mighty.^H650

Job 27:6

Job 27:6 - My righteousness^H6666 I hold^H2388 fast, and will not let it go:^H7503 my heart^H3824 shall not reproach^H2778 me so long as I live.^H3117

Psa 37:8

Psa 37:8 - Cease^H7503 from anger,^H639 and forsake^H5800 wrath:^H2534 fret^H2734 not thyself in any wise^H389 to do evil.^H7489

Psa 46:10

Psa 46:10 - Be still,^H7503 and know^H3045 that I am God:^H430 I will be exalted^H7311 among the heathen,^H1471 I will be exalted^H7311 in the earth.^H776

Psa 138:8

Psa 138:8 - The LORD^H3068 will perfect^H1584 that which concerneth me: thy mercy,^H2617 O LORD,^H3068 endureth for ever:^H5769 forsake^H7503 not the works^H4639 of thine own hands.^H3027

Pro 4:13

Pro 4:13 - Take fast hold^H2388 of instruction;^H4148 let her not go:^H7503 keep^H5341 her; for she is thy life.^H2416

Pro 18:9

Pro 18:9 - He also that is slothful^H7503 in his work^H4399 is brother^H251 to him that is a great^H1167 waster.^H7843

Pro 24:10

Pro 24:10 - If thou faint^H7503 in the day^H3117 of adversity,^H6869 thy strength^H3581 is small.^H6862

Sng 3:4

Sng 3:4 - It was but a little^H4592 that I passed^H5674 from them, but I found^H4672 him whom my soul^H5315 loveth:^H157 I held^H270 him, and would not let him go,^H7503 until I had brought^H935 him into my mother's^H517 house,^H1004 and into the chamber^H2315 of her that conceived^H2029 me.

Isa 5:24

Isa 5:24 - Therefore as the fire^H784 devoureth^H398 the stubble,^H7179 and the flame^H3956^H3852 consumeth^H7503 the chaff,^H2842 so their root^H8328 shall be as rottenness,^H4716 and their blossom^H6525 shall go up^H5927 as dust:^H80 because they have cast away^H3988 the law^H8451 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 and despised^H5006 the word^H565 of the Holy One^H6918 of Israel.^H3478

Isa 13:7

Isa 13:7 - Therefore shall all hands^H3027 be faint,^H7503 and every man's^H582 heart^H3824 shall melt:^H4549

Jer 6:24

Jer 6:24 - We have heard^H8085 the fame^H8089 thereof: our hands^H3027 wax feeble:^H7503 anguish^H6869 hath taken hold^H2388 of us, and pain,^H2427 as of a woman in travail.^H3205

Jer 38:4

Jer 38:4 - Therefore the princes^H8269 said^H559 unto the king,^H4428 We beseech thee, let this man^H376 be put to death:^H4191 for thus^H3651 he weakeneth^H7503 the hands^H3027 of the men^H582 of war^H4421 that remain^H7604 in this city,^H5892 and the hands^H3027 of all the people,^H5971 in speaking^H1696 such words^H1697 unto them: for this man^H376 seeketh^H1875 not the welfare^H7965 of this people,^H5971 but the hurt.^H7451

Jer 49:24

Jer 49:24 - Damascus^H1834 is waxed feeble,^H7503 and turneth^H6437 herself to flee,^H5127 and fear^H7374 hath seized^H2388 on her: anguish^H6869 and sorrows^H2256 have taken^H270 her, as a woman in travail.^H3205

Jer 50:43

Jer 50:43 - The king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 hath heard^H8085 the report^H8088 of them, and his hands^H3027 waxed feeble:^H7503 anguish^H6869 took hold^H2388 of him, and pangs^H2427 as of a woman in travail.^H3205

Eze 1:24

Eze 1:24 - And when they went,^H3212 I heard^H8085 the noise^H6963 of their wings,^H3671 like the noise^H6963 of great^H7227 waters,^H4325 as the voice^H6963 of the Almighty,^H7706 the voice^H6963 of speech,^H1999 as the noise^H6963 of an host:^H4264 when they stood,^H5975 they let down^H7503 their wings.^H3671

Eze 1:25

Eze 1:25 - And there was a voice^H6963 from the firmament^H7549 that was over their heads,^H7218 when they stood,^H5975 and had let down^H7503 their wings.^H3671

Eze 7:17

Eze 7:17 - All hands^H3027 shall be feeble,^H7503 and all knees^H1290 shall be weak^H3212 as water.^H4325

Eze 21:7

Eze 21:7 - And it shall be, when they say^H559 unto thee, Wherefore sighest^H584 thou? that thou shalt answer,^H559 For the tidings;^H8052 because it cometh:^H935 and every heart^H3820 shall melt,^H4549 and all hands^H3027 shall be feeble,^H7503 and every spirit^H7307 shall faint,^H3543 and all knees^H1290 shall be weak^H3212 as water:^H4325 behold, it cometh,^H935 and shall be brought to pass,^H1961 saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD.^H3069

Zep 3:16

Zep 3:16 - In that day^H3117 it shall be said^H559 to Jerusalem,^H3389 Fear^H3372 thou not: and to Zion,^H6726 Let not thine hands^H3027 be slack.^H7503

Lexicon :: Strong's H7503 - rāp̄â

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