Strong H7496רְפָאִים

shade

Transliteration
râphâ'
Pronunciation
raw-faw'
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H7495 in the sense of H7503; properly {lax} that {is} (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only): - {dead} deceased.

Detailed definition

STEP sense: shade

Exact lexical definition: shades

Part of speech: noun

BDB context: רְפָאִים n.m . pl . shades , ghosts

In the Bible

Strong H7496 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • dead7
  • decease1

First verses

  1. Job 26:5
    Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
  2. Psalms 88:10
    Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
  3. Proverbs 2:18
    For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.
  4. Proverbs 9:18
    But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.
  5. Proverbs 21:16
    The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
  6. Isaiah 14:9
    Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
  7. Isaiah 26:14
    They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
  8. Isaiah 26:19
    Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
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