Word Study · Strong's H7497 · Hebrew
רָפָא
rapha
raw-faw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râphâʼ
“a giant”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a giant
Rendered in the KJV as
giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051 (בֵּית רָפָא).
- 25occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- רְפָאִֽים׃7
- רְפָאִ֖ים2
- הָרְפָאִים֒1
- הָרְפָאִ֑ים1
- הָרְפָאִ֔ים1
- הָרְפָאִ֖ים1
- הָרְפָאִֽים׃1
- הָרָפָ֗ה1
- הָרָפָֽה׃ פ1
- וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑ים1
- לְהָרָפָ֖א1
- לְהָרָפָֽא׃1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 8
- [the] Rephaites9
- the Rephaites5
- Rephaim3
- the Raphah2
- to the Rapha2
- to the Raphah2
- and the Rephaites1
- Rephaites1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- gentilic noun (a people)7
- proper noun (a name)5
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)5
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)4
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)2
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)1
- gentilic noun (a people)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNgmpa · 7
- HNpm · 5
- HTd/Ngmpa · 5
- HR/Td/Npt · 4
- HTd/Npt · 2
- HC/Td/Ngmpa · 1
- HNgbpa · 1
All 25, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Samuel7 of 25 · 28%
- Deuteronomy5 of 25 · 20%
- Joshua5 of 25 · 20%
- 1 Chronicles5 of 25 · 20%
- Genesis2 of 25 · 8%
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 14:5רְפָאִים֙refaimgentilic noun (a people)In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,here: [the] Rephaites
- Genesis 15:20הָרְפָאִֽים׃harefaimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,here: the Rephaites
Deuteronomy5 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:11רְפָאִ֛יםrefaimgentilic noun (a people)Like the Anakites, they were also regarded as Rephaim, though the Moabites called them Emites.here: Rephaites
- Deuteronomy 2:20רְפָאִ֥יםrefaimgentilic noun (a people)(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.here: [the] Rephaites
- Deuteronomy 2:20רְפָאִ֤יםrefaimgentilic noun (a people)(That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.here: [the] Rephaites
- Deuteronomy 3:11הָרְפָאִים֒harefaimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)here: the Rephaites
- Deuteronomy 3:13רְפָאִֽים׃refaimgentilic noun (a people)To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)here: [the] Rephaites
Joshua5 occurrences
- Joshua 12:4הָרְפָאִ֑יםharefaimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.here: the Rephaites
- Joshua 13:12הָרְפָאִ֔יםharefaimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who had reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and had remained as a remnant of the Rephaim. Moses had struck them down and dispossessed them,here: the Rephaites
- Joshua 15:8רְפָאִ֖יםrefaimproper noun (a name)From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.here: [the] Rephaites
- Joshua 17:15וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑יםveharefaimconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”here: and the Rephaites
- Joshua 18:16רְפָאִ֖יםrefaimproper noun (a name)Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.here: [the] Rephaites
2 Samuel7 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 5:18רְפָאִֽים׃refaimproper noun (a name)Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.here: Rephaim
- 2 Samuel 5:22רְפָאִֽים׃refaimproper noun (a name)Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.here: Rephaim
- 2 Samuel 21:16הָרָפָ֗הharafahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.here: the Raphah
- 2 Samuel 21:18הָרָפָֽה׃ פharafahthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Some time later at Gob, there was another battle with the Philistines. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha.here: the Raphah
- 2 Samuel 21:20לְהָרָפָֽה׃leharafahpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,here: to the Raphah
- 2 Samuel 21:22לְהָרָפָ֖הleharafahpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So these four descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.here: to the Raphah
- 2 Samuel 23:13רְפָאִֽים׃refaimproper noun (a name)At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.here: [the] Rephaites
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 11:15רְפָאִֽים׃refaimgentilic noun (a people)Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.here: [the] Rephaites
- 1 Chronicles 14:9רְפָאִֽים׃refaimgentilic noun (a people)Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.here: [the] Rephaites
- 1 Chronicles 20:4הָרְפָאִ֖יםharefaimthe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Some time later, war broke out with the Philistines at Gezer. At that time Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued.here: the Rephaites
- 1 Chronicles 20:6לְהָרָפָֽא׃leharafa'preposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)And there was still another battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,here: to the Rapha
- 1 Chronicles 20:8לְהָרָפָ֖אleharafa'preposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.here: to the Rapha
Same headword in Strong's