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Lexicon :: Strong's H7497 - rᵊp̄ā'îm

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רְפָאִים
Transliteration
rᵊp̄ā'îm
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
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Part of Speech
proper gentilic noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From רָפָא (H7495) in the sense of invigorating
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TWOT Reference: 2198d

Strong’s Definitions

רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; or רָפָה râphâh; from H7495 in the sense of invigorating; a giant:—giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H7497 in the following manner: giant (17x), Rephaim (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H7497 in the following manner: giant (17x), Rephaim (8x).

  1. giants, Rephaim

    1. old tribe of giants

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָפָא râphâʼ, raw-faw'; or רָפָה râphâh; from H7495 in the sense of invigorating; a giant:—giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051.
STRONGS H7497: Abbreviations
† II. רְפָאִים proper name, of a people old race of giants (perhaps = I. ר׳, as extinct and powerless; see especially WRS in DrDeuteronomy 2:11; or as shadowy, vaguely known, SchwZAW xviii (1898), 127 ff. see also Stal.c.); — ancient inhabitants of Canaan [west of Jordan?], Genesis 15:20; Joshua 17:15 (JE), compare 1 Chronicles 20:4 (see II. רָפָה above); hence עֶמֶמק ר׳, plain south of Jerusalem 2 Samuel 5:18, 22; 2 Samuel 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; 1 Chronicles 14:9; Isaiah 17:5; Joshua 15:8; Joshua 18:16 (P); ר׳ east of Jordan Deuteronomy 2:11 (|| עֲנָקִים; tall, compare Deuteronomy 2:10), Deuteronomy 2:20 (|| id.; tall; = Zamzummim); in Bashan, Genesis 14:5, Og the last of them Deuteronomy 3:11 (of huge size), Joshua 12:4; Joshua 13:12 (D); אֶרֶץ ר׳ Deuteronomy 2:20; Deuteronomy 3:13. Greek Version of the LXX Ραφαειν[μ]; οἱ γίγαντες Genesis 14:5 + 4 times; τῶν Τιτάνων 2 Samuel 5:18, 22 + (LXX of Lucian (Lag.)) 2 Samuel 23:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:5; 14:5; 15:20

Deuteronomy

2:10; 2:11; 2:11; 2:20; 2:20; 3:11; 3:13

Joshua

12:4; 13:12; 15:8; 17:15; 18:16

2 Samuel

5:18; 5:18; 5:22; 5:22; 23:13; 23:13

1 Chronicles

11:15; 14:9; 20:4

Isaiah

17:5

H7497

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Strong's Number H7497 matches the Hebrew רְפָאִים (rᵊp̄ā'îm),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:5 - In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him came and attacked the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:20 - “the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:11 - They were also regarded as giants,[fn] like the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:20 - (That was also regarded as a land of giants;[fn] giants formerly dwelt there. But the Ammonites call them Zamzummim,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - “For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the giants.[fn] Indeed his bedstead was an iron bedstead. (Is it not in Rabbah of the people of Ammon?) Nine cubits is its length and four cubits its width, according to the standard cubit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - “The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, with all Bashan, was called the land of the giants.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:4 - The other king was Og king of Bashan and his territory, who was of the remnant of the giants, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:12 - all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants; for Moses had defeated and cast out these.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - And the border went up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley of Rephaim[fn] northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:15 - So Joshua answered them, “If you are a great people, then go up to the forest country and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and the giants, since the mountains of Ephraim are too confined for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - Then the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is in the Valley of the Rephaim[fn] on the north, descended to the Valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite city on the south, and descended to En Rogel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:18 - The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 5:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:22 - Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:16 - Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:18 - Now it happened afterward that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph,[fn] who was one of the sons of the giant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:20 - Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also was born to the giant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:22 - These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:13 - Then three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time and came to David at the cave of Adullam. And the troop of Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:15 - Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 14:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 14:9 - Then the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:4 - Now it happened afterward that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines, at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Sippai,[fn] who was one of the sons of the giant. And they were subdued.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:6 - Yet again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature, with twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and six on each foot; and he also was born to the giant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:8 - These were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:5 - It shall be as when the harvester gathers the grain,
And reaps the heads with his arm;
It shall be as he who gathers heads of grain
In the Valley of Rephaim.
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