Strongs Number: H7495
- Hebrew Word
- רָפָא
- Transliteration
- râphâʼ
- Phonetic
- raw-faw'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to mend (by {stitching}) that {is} (figuratively) to cure
- BDB Definition
-
1. to heal, make healthful
a. (Qal) to heal
1. of God
2. healer, physician (of men)
3. of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig)
4. of individual distresses (fig)
b. (Niphal) to be healed
1. literal (of persons)
2. of water, pottery
3. of national hurts (fig)
4. of personal distress (fig)
c. (Piel) to heal
1. literal
2. of national defects or hurts (fig)
d. (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {cure} (cause to) {heal} {physician} {repair} X-(idiom) {thoroughly} make whole. See H7503 .