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Deuteronomy 2:11
“Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites call them Emims.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רָפָאrâphâʼ · raw-faw'
H7497 · Hebrew
H7497 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a giant
- Derivation
- or רָפָה; from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of invigorating;
- KJV renderings
- giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051 (בֵּית רָפָא).
- Grammar
- רְפָאִ֛ים — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:5Genesis 15:20Deuteronomy 2:20Deuteronomy 2:20Deuteronomy 3:11
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָפָא here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.