Strong H74974 sensesרָפָה

The 4 senses of Strong H7497

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H7497 appears in 24 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. RephaimרְפָאִיםH7497BA race of giants who inhabited Canaan9 verses · Genesis, Deuteronomy, Joshua
2. (Valley of) RephaimרְפָאִיםH7497GValley near Jerusalem, site of battles8 verses · 4 books
3. RaphaH7497AAncestor of Philistine giants; his descendants fought against David's warriors.6 verses · 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
4. RaphaiteרְפָאִיםH7497HAncestor of Philistine giants; his descendants fought against David's warriors.1 verse · 1 Chronicles

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• giant16
• rephaim6
• rephaims2

First verses

1. Genesis 14:5
   And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
2. Genesis 15:20
   And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
3. Deuteronomy 2:11
   Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.
4. Deuteronomy 2:20
   (That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
5. Deuteronomy 3:11
   For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
6. Deuteronomy 3:13
   And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
7. Joshua 12:4
   And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
8. Joshua 13:12
   All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
9. Joshua 15:8
   And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
10. Joshua 17:15
    And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
11. Joshua 18:16
    And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,
12. 2 Samuel 5:18
    The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
13. 2 Samuel 5:22
    And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
14. 2 Samuel 21:16
    And Ishbi–benob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
15. 2 Samuel 21:18
    And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
16. 2 Samuel 21:20
    And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
17. 2 Samuel 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.
18. 2 Samuel 23:13
    And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
19. 1 Chronicles 11:15
    Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
20. 1 Chronicles 14:9
    And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.