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Lexicon :: Strong's H7503 - rāp̄â

Aa
רָפָה
Transliteration
rāp̄â
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2198

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
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).
  1. 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)
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.
STRONGS H7503: Abbreviations
רָפה verb sink, relax (Late Hebrew id., so Aramaic רפא (derived species), Zinjirli רפה Aph`el, bdb095102; Arabic bdb095103 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; LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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, Greek Version of the LXX 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 Dr1 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; 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:26 - So he let H7503 him H4480 go:  H7503 then H227 she said, H559 A H2860 bloody H1818 husband H2860 thou art, because of the circumcision. H4139
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:8 - And H853 the tale H4971 of the bricks, H3843 which H834 they H1992 did make H6213 heretofore, H8543 H8032 ye shall lay H7760 upon them; H5921 ye shall H1639 not H3808 diminish H1639 ought thereof: H4480 for H3588 they H1992 be idle; H7503 therefore H5921 H3651 they H1992 cry, H6817 saying, H559 Let us go H3212 and sacrifice H2076 to our God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:17 - But he said, H559 Ye H859 are idle, H7503 ye are idle: H7503 therefore H5921 H3651 ye H859 say, H559 Let us go H3212 and do sacrifice H2076 to the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - (For H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 is a H410 merciful H7349 God;) H410 he will H7503 not H3808 forsake thee,  H7503 neither H3808 destroy thee, H7843 nor H3808 forget H7911 the covenant H1285 of thy fathers H1 which H834 he sware H7650 unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:14 - Let H7503 me H4480 alone,  H7503 that I may destroy them, H8045 and blot out H4229 their name H8034 from under H8478 heaven: H8064 and I will make H6213 of thee H853 a nation H1471 mightier H6099 and greater H7227 than they. H4480
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:6 - Be strong H2388 and of a good courage, H553 fear H3372 not, H408 nor H408 be afraid H6206 of them: H6440 for H3588 the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 he H1931 it is that doth go H1980 with thee; H5973 he will H7503 not H3808 fail thee,  H7503 nor H3808 forsake thee. H5800
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:8 - And the LORD, H3068 he H1931 it is that doth go H1980 before thee; H6440 he H1931 will be H1961 with thee, H5973 he will H7503 not H3808 fail thee,  H7503 neither H3808 forsake thee: H5800 fear H3372 not, H3808 neither H3808 be dismayed. H2865
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:5 - There shall H3320 not H3808 any man H376 be able to stand H3320 before thee H6440 all H3605 the days H3117 of thy life: H2416 as H834 I was H1961 with H5973 Moses, H4872 so I will be H1961 with thee: H5973 I will H7503 not H3808 fail thee,  H7503 nor H3808 forsake thee. H5800
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:6 - And H7971 the men H376 of Gibeon H1391 sent H7971 unto H413 Joshua H3091 to H413 the camp H4264 to Gilgal, H1537 saying, H559 Slack H7503 not H408 thy hand H3027 from thy servants; H5650 come up H5927 to us H413 quickly, H4120 and save H3467 us, and help us: H5826 for H3588 all H3605 the kings H4428 of the Amorites H567 that dwell H3427 in the mountains H2022 are gathered together H6908 against us. H413
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:3 - And H559 Joshua H3091 said H559 unto H413 the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 How H5704 long H575 are ye H859 slack H7503 to go H935 to possess H3423 the land, H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 God H430 of your fathers H1 hath given H5414 you?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:3 - God H430 hath delivered H5414 into your hands H3027 the princes H8269 of Midian, H4080 Oreb H6159 and H853 Zeeb: H2062 and what H4100 was I able H3201 to do H6213 in comparison of you? Then H227 their anger H7307 was abated H7503 toward him, H5921 when he had said H1696 that. H2088
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:37 - And she said H559 unto H413 her father, H1 Let H6213 this H2088 thing H1697 be done H6213 for me: let H7503 me H4480 alone  H7503 two H8147 months, H2320 that I may go up H3212 and down H3381 upon H5921 the mountains, H2022 and bewail H1058 my virginity, H1331 I H595 and my fellows. H7464
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:9 - And when H6965 the man H376 rose up H6965 to depart, H3212 he, H1931 and his concubine, H6370 and his servant, H5288 his father in law, H2859 the damsel's H5291 father, H1 said H559 unto him, Behold, H2009 now H4994 the day H3117 draweth H7503 toward evening, H6150 I pray you H4994 tarry all night: H3885 behold, H2009 the day H3117 groweth to an end, H2583 lodge H3885 here, H6311 that H3190 thine heart H3824 may be merry; H3190 and H7925 to morrow H4279 get you early H7925 on your way, H1870 that thou mayest go H1980 home. H168
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - And H559 the elders H2205 of Jabesh H3003 said H559 unto him, H413 Give H7503 us seven H7651 days' H3117 respite,  H7503 that we may send H7971 messengers H4397 unto all H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel: H3478 and H518 then, H3318 if H518 there be no H369 man to save H3467 us, H853 we will come out H3318 to thee. H413
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:16 - Then H559 Samuel H8050 said H559 unto H413 Saul, H7586 Stay, H7503 and I will tell H5046 thee what H834 the LORD H3068 hath said H1696 to me H413 this night. H3915 And he said H559 unto him, Say on. H1696
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:1 - And when H8085 Saul's H7586 son H1121 heard H8085 that H3588 Abner H74 was dead H4191 in Hebron, H2275 his hands H3027 were feeble, H7503 and all H3605 the Israelites H3478 were troubled. H926
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:16 - And when H7971 the angel H4397 stretched out H7971 his hand H3027 upon Jerusalem H3389 to destroy it, H7843 the LORD H3068 repented him H5162 of H413 the evil, H7451 and said H559 to the angel H4397 that destroyed H7843 the people, H5971 It is enough: H7227 stay H7503 now H6258 thine hand. H3027 And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 was H1961 by H5973 the threshingplace H1637 of Araunah H728 the Jebusite. H2983
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:27 - And when she came H935 to H413 the man H376 of God H430 to H413 the hill, H2022 she caught him H2388 by the feet: H7272 but H5066 Gehazi H1522 came near H5066 to thrust her away. H1920 And H559 the man H376 of God H430 said, H559 Let H7503 her alone;  H7503 for H3588 her soul H5315 is vexed H4843 within her: and the LORD H3068 hath hid H5956 it from me, H4480 and H3808 hath H5046 not H3808 told H5046 me. H589
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:15 - And H7971 God H430 sent H7971 an angel H4397 unto Jerusalem H3389 to destroy it: H7843 and as he was destroying, H7843 the LORD H3068 beheld, H7200 and he repented him H5162 of H5921 the evil, H7451 and said H559 to the angel H4397 that destroyed, H7843 It is enough, H7227 stay H7503 now H6258 thine hand. H3027 And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 stood H5975 by H5973 the threshingfloor H1637 of Ornan H771 the Jebusite. H2983
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - And H559 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, H408 nor H408 be dismayed: H2865 for H3588 the LORD H3068 God, H430 even my God, H430 will be with thee; H5973 he will H7503 not H3808 fail thee,  H7503 nor H3808 forsake thee, H5800 until H5704 thou hast finished H3615 all H3605 the work H4399 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - Be H2388 ye H859 strong H2388 therefore, H859 and H408 let H7503 not H408 your hands H3027 be weak:  H7503 for H3588 your work H6468 shall be H3426 rewarded. H7939
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:4 - Then H1961 the people H5971 of the land H776 weakened H7503 the hands H3027 of the people H5971 of Judah, H3063 and troubled H926 them H853 in building, H1129
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:3 - And I sent H7971 messengers H4397 unto them, H5921 saying, H559 I H589 am doing H6213 a H4399 great H1419 work, H4399 so that I cannot H3808 H3201 come down: H3381 why H4100 should H7673 the work H4399 cease, H7673 whilst H834 I leave it, H7503 and come down H3381 to you? H413
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:9 - For H3588 they all H3605 made H3372 us H853 afraid, H3372 saying, H559 Their hands H3027 shall be weakened H7503 from H4480 the work, H4399 that H3808 it be H6213 not H3808 done. H6213 Now therefore, H6258 O God, strengthen H2388 my hands. H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long H4100 wilt thou H8159 not H3808 depart H8159 from me, H4480 nor H3808 let me alone H7503 till H5704 I swallow down H1104 my spittle? H7536
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:21 - He poureth H8210 contempt H937 upon H5921 princes, H5081 and H4206 weakeneth H7503 the strength H4206 of the mighty. H650
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - My righteousness H6666 I hold fast, H2388 and H3808 will H7503 not H3808 let it go:  H7503 my heart H3824 shall H2778 not H3808 reproach H2778 me so long as I live. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:8 - Cease H7503 from anger, H639 and forsake H5800 wrath: H2534 fret H2734 not H408 thyself H2734 in any wise H389 to do evil. H7489
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:10 - Be still, H7503 and know H3045 that H3588 I H595 am God: H430 I will be exalted H7311 among the heathen, H1471 I will be exalted H7311 in the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 138:8 - The LORD H3068 will perfect H1584 that which concerneth me: H1157 thy mercy, H2617 O LORD, H3068 endureth for ever: H5769 forsake H7503 not H408 the works H4639 of thine own hands. H3027
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take fast hold H2388 of instruction; H4148 let her H7503 not H408 go:  H7503 keep her; H5341 for H3588 she H1931 is thy life. H2416
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:9 - He H7503 also H1571 that is slothful  H7503 in his work H4399 is H1931 brother H251 to him that is H1167 a H7843 great H1167 waster. H7843
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:10 - If thou faint H7503 in the day H3117 of adversity, H6869 thy strength H3581 is small. H6862
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:4 - It was but a little H4592 that I passed H5674 from them, H1992 but H5704 I found H4672 him whom H157 my soul H5315 loveth: H157 I held him, H270 and H3808 would H7503 not H3808 let him go,  H7503 until H5704 I had brought him H935 into H413 my mother's H517 house, H1004 and into H413 the chamber H2315 of her that conceived me. H2029
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 - Therefore H3651 as H398 the fire H3956 H784 devoureth H398 the stubble, H7179 and H2842 the flame H3852 consumeth H7503 the chaff, H2842 so their root H8328 shall be H1961 as rottenness, H4716 and their blossom H6525 shall go up H5927 as dust: H80 because H3588 they have cast away H3988 the law H8451 of the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 and H853 despised H5006 the word H565 of the Holy One H6918 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:7 - Therefore H5921 H3651 shall H7503 all H3605 hands H3027 be faint,  H7503 and every H3605 man's H582 heart H3824 shall melt: H4549
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:24 - We have heard H8085 the fame thereof: H8089 our hands H3027 wax feeble: H7503 anguish H6869 hath taken hold of us, H2388 and pain, H2427 as of a woman in travail. H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:4 - Therefore H559 the princes H8269 said H559 unto H413 the king, H4428 We beseech thee, H4994 let H4191 this H2088 man H376 be put to death: H4191 for H3588 thus H3651 he H1931 weakeneth H7503 the hands H3027 of H376 the H4421 men H376 of war H4421 that remain H7604 in H5892 this H2063 city, H5892 and H853 the hands H3027 of all H3605 the people, H5971 in speaking H1696 such words H1697 unto them: H413 for H3588 this H2088 man H376 seeketh H1875 not H369 the welfare H7965 of H5971 this H2088 people, H5971 but H3588 H518 the hurt. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:24 - Damascus H1834 is waxed feeble, H7503 and turneth herself H6437 to flee, H5127 and fear H7374 hath seized on H2388 her: anguish H6869 and sorrows H2256 have taken her, H270 as a woman in travail. H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:43 - The king H4428 of Babylon H894 hath heard H8085 the report of them, H8088 and H7503 his hands H3027 waxed feeble:  H7503 anguish H6869 took hold of him, H2388 and pangs H2427 as of a woman in travail. H3205
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:24 - And H8085 when they went, H3212 I heard H8085 the noise H6963 of their wings, H3671 like the noise H6963 of H4325 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
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:25 - And there was H1961 a voice H6963 from H5921 the firmament H7549 that H834 was over H5921 their heads, H7218 when they stood, H5975 and had let down H7503 their wings. H3671
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:17 - All H3605 hands H3027 shall be feeble, H7503 and all H3605 knees H1290 shall be weak H3212 as water. H4325
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - And it shall be, H1961 when H3588 they say H559 unto thee, H413 Wherefore H5921 H4100 sighest H584 thou? H859 that thou shalt answer, H559 For H413 the tidings; H8052 because H3588 it cometh: H935 and H4549 every H3605 heart H3820 shall melt, H4549 and H7503 all H3605 hands H3027 shall be feeble,  H7503 and H3543 every H3605 spirit H7307 shall faint, H3543 and all H3605 knees H1290 shall be weak H3212 as water: H4325 behold, H2009 it cometh, H935 and shall be brought to pass, H1961 saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD. H3069
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:16 - In H3117 that H1931 day H3117 it shall be said H559 to Jerusalem, H3389 Fear thou H3372 not: H408 and to Zion, H6726 Let H7503 not H408 thine hands H3027 be slack.  H7503
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