Word Study · Strong's H7496 · Hebrew
רָפָא
rapha
raw-faw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râphâʼ
“properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
Rendered in the KJV as
dead, deceased.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- רְ֝פָאִ֗ים2
- רְפָאִ֣ים2
- הָרְפָאִ֥ים1
- רְפָאִים֙1
- רְפָאִ֖ים1
- רְפָאִ֥ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- [the] shades5
- shades2
- the shades1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine plural7
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmpa · 7
- HTd/Ncmpa · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 2:18רְ֝פָאִ֗יםrefaimnoun · masculine pluralFor her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.here: [the] shades
- Proverbs 9:18רְפָאִ֣יםrefaimnoun · masculine pluralBut they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.here: [the] shades
- Proverbs 21:16רְפָאִ֣יםrefaimnoun · masculine pluralThe man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.here: [the] shades
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:9רְפָאִים֙refaimnoun · masculine pluralSheol 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.here: shades
- Isaiah 26:14רְפָאִ֖יםrefaimnoun · masculine pluralThe 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.here: shades
- Isaiah 26:19רְפָאִ֥יםrefaimnoun · masculine pluralYour 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.here: [the] shades
Same headword in Strong's