Hebrew word study

רָפָהrâphâh — to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

Pronounced “raw-faw'”

to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

Translated in the King James as: 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 (רָפָא).

Appears 46 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Exodus — 4×
Exodus 4:26Exodus 5:8Exodus 5:17+ 1 more in Exodus
Deuteronomy — 4×
Deuteronomy 4:31Deuteronomy 9:14Deuteronomy 31:6Deuteronomy 31:8
Joshua — 3×
Joshua 1:5Joshua 10:6Joshua 18:3
Judges — 3×
Judges 8:3Judges 11:37Judges 19:9
1 Samuel — 2×
1 Sam 11:31 Sam 15:16
2 Samuel — 2×
2 Sam 4:12 Sam 24:16
2 Kings — 1×
2 Ki 4:27
1 Chronicles — 2×
1 Chr 21:151 Chr 28:20
2 Chronicles — 1×
2 Chr 15:7
Ezra — 1×
Ezra 4:4
Nehemiah — 2×
Nehemiah 6:3Nehemiah 6:9
Job — 3×
Job 7:19Job 12:21Job 27:6
Psalms — 3×
Psalms 37:8Psalms 46:10Psalms 138:8
Proverbs — 3×
Proverbs 4:13Proverbs 18:9Proverbs 24:10
Song of Solomon — 1×
Song 3:4
Isaiah — 2×
Isaiah 5:24Isaiah 13:7
Jeremiah — 4×
Jeremiah 6:24Jeremiah 38:4Jeremiah 49:24Jeremiah 50:43
Ezekiel — 4×
Ezekiel 1:24Ezekiel 1:25Ezekiel 7:17Ezekiel 21:7
Zephaniah — 1×
Zeph 3:16

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