Hebrew word study
רָפָה H7503
- Transliteration
- râphâh
- Pronunciation
- raw-faw'
- KJV glosses
- abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495 (רָפָא).
Lexical summary
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information