Râphâʼ — H7496

H7496 · Hebrew — רפא

Pronunciation: raw-faw'

Definition

masculine plural noun

properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)

  1. ghosts of the dead, shades, spirits

Usually translated as

dead, deceased

Origin

from H7495 in the sense of H7503

Occurrences

Râphâʼ occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (1), Psalms (1), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — R