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רָפָא H7497

H7497 is the Hebrew word רָפָא, transliterated râphâʼ and said raw-faw'. The King James Version most often renders it giants.

Word: רָפָאTransliteration: râphâʼSaid: raw-faw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 21 verses

What it means

a giant.

Where it comes from

or רָפָה; from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of invigorating.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 22 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

giants 9×giant 7×rephaim 5×rephaims 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051 (בֵּית רָפָא).

Verses using רָפָא

All 21 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 14:5 · KJV

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,

Deuteronomy 2:11 · KJV

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.

Deuteronomy 2:20 · KJV

(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;

Deuteronomy 3:11 · KJV

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.

Joshua 12:4 · KJV

And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,

Joshua 13:12 · KJV

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.

Joshua 15:8 · KJV

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:

Joshua 17:15 · KJV

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.

Joshua 18:16 · KJV

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 Enrogel,

2 Samuel 5:18 · KJV

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 5:22 · KJV

And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 21:16 · KJV

And Ishbibenob, 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.

2 Samuel 21:18 · KJV

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.

2 Samuel 21:20 · KJV

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.

2 Samuel 21:22 · KJV

These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

2 Samuel 23:13 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 11:15 · KJV

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.

1 Chronicles 14:9 · KJV

And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

1 Chronicles 20:4 · KJV

And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.

1 Chronicles 20:6 · KJV

And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

1 Chronicles 20:8 · KJV

These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

Common questions

What does Strong's H7497 mean?

H7497 is the Hebrew word רָפָא (râphâʼ), meaning a giant.

How is H7497 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it giants (9 times), giant (7 times), rephaim (5 times), rephaims (1 time).

How many times does H7497 appear in the Bible?

רָפָא (râphâʼ) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H7497 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or רָפָה; from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of invigorating.

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