Strongs Number: H7503
- Hebrew Word
- רָפָה
- Transliteration
- râphâh
- Phonetic
- raw-faw'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively)
- BDB Definition
-
1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened
a. (Qal)
1. to sink down
2. to sink, drop
3. to sink, relax, abate
4. to relax, withdraw
b. (Niphal) idle (participle)
c. (Piel) to let drop
d. (Hiphil)
1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake
2. to let go
3. to refrain, let alone
4. to be quiet
e. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- {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 .