7503 – רָפָה (rafah)

to slacken

Type:	Verb Verb   Rootword
Hebrew:	רָפָה (rafah)
Pronunciation:	ra-fa    Listen
Gematria:	285(200 + 80 + 5)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	a primitive root
Usage:	46 times in OT

Description

1) to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to sink down
1a2) to sink, drop
1a3) to sink, relax, abate
1a4) to relax, withdraw
1b) (Niphal) idle (participle)
1c) (Piel) to let drop
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake
1d2) to let go
1d3) to refrain, let alone
1d4) to be quiet
1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself slack

Word root

Word with rafah as root:

רָפֶה	rafeh	H7504	weak
רִפְיוֹן	rifjon	H7510	feebleness
רֶ֫פֶת	refet	H7517	stall

Equivalent Greek words

In the greek translation Septuagint (LXX) the Hebrew word rafah was translated to the following:

ἀνίημι	aniemi	G0447	loose
ἀπέρχομαι	aperchomai	G0565	go
ἀσθενέω	astheneo	G0770	be weak
ἀφίημι	aphiemi	G0863	leave
ἐάω	eao	G1439	suffer
ἐγκαταλείπω	egkataleipo	G1459	forsake
ἐκλύω	ekluo	G1590	faint
καταπαύω	katapauo	G2664	restrain
κλίνω	klino	G2827	lay
παραλύω	paraluo	G3886	sick of the palsy
παρίημι	pariemi	G3935	hang down
παύω	pauo	G3973	cease
σχολάζω	scholazo	G4980	empty

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