1) to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sink down 1a2) to sink, drop 1a3) to sink, relax, abate 1a4) to relax, withdraw 1b) (Niphal) idle (participle) 1c) (Piel) to let drop 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake 1d2) to let go 1d3) to refrain, let alone 1d4) to be quiet 1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself slack
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H7503 — רָפָה
ra.phah · to slacken · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Exodus 4:26 · וַיִּ֖רֶףand He desisteth from him: then she said, ‘A bridegroom of blood,’ in reference to the circumcision.Exodus 5:8 · נִרְפִּ֣יםand the proper quantity of the bricks which they are making heretofore ye do put on them, ye do not diminish from it, for they are remiss, therefore they are crying, saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to our God;Exodus 5:17 · נִרְפִּ֥ים · נִרְפִּ֑יםAnd he saith, ‘Remiss—ye are remiss, therefore ye are saying, Let us go, let us sacrifice to Jehovah;Deuteronomy 4:31 · יַרְפְּךָ֖for a merciful God is Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them.Deuteronomy 9:14 · הֶ֤רֶףdesist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it.Deuteronomy 31:6 · יַרְפְּךָ֖be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God is He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.’Deuteronomy 31:8 · יַרְפְּךָ֖and Jehovah is He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.’Joshua 1:5 · אַרְפְּךָ֖‘No man doth station himself before thee all days of thy life; as I have been with Moses, I am with thee, I do not fail thee, nor forsake thee;Joshua 10:6 · תֶּ֥רֶףAnd the men of Gibeon send unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, saying, ‘Let not thy hand cease from thy servants; come up unto us with haste, and give safety to us, and help us; for all the kings of the Amorite, dwelling in the hill-country, have been assembled against us.’Joshua 18:3 · מִתְרַפִּ֔יםand Joshua saith unto the sons of Israel, ‘Till when are ye remiss to go in to possess the land which He hath given to you, Jehovah, God of your fathers?Judges 8:3 · רָפְתָ֤הInto your hand hath God given the heads of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what have I been able to do like you?’ Then their temper desisted from off him in his speaking this thing.Judges 11:37 · הַרְפֵּ֨הAnd she saith unto her father, ‘Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity—I and my friends.’Judges 19:9 · רָפָ֨הAnd the man riseth to go, he and his concubine, and his young man, and his father-in-law, father of the young woman, saith to him, ‘Lo, I pray thee, the day hath fallen toward evening, lodge all night, I pray thee; lo, the declining of the day! lodge here, and let thine heart be glad—and ye have risen early to-morrow for your journey, and thou hast gone to thy tent.’1 Samuel 11:3 · הֶ֤רֶףAnd the elders of Jabesh say to him, ‘Let us alone seven days, and we send messengers into all the border of Israel: and if there is none saving us—then we have come out unto thee.’1 Samuel 15:16 · הֶ֚רֶףAnd Samuel saith unto Saul, ‘Desist, and I declare to thee that which Jehovah hath spoken unto me to-night;’ and he saith to him, ‘Speak.’2 Samuel 4:1 · וַיִּרְפּ֖וּAnd the son of Saul heareth that Abner is dead in Hebron, and his hands are feeble, and all Israel have been troubled.2 Samuel 24:16 · הֶ֣רֶףand the messenger putteth forth his hand to Jerusalem to destroy it, and Jehovah repenteth concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying among the people, ‘Enough, now, cease thy hand;’ and the messenger of Jehovah was near the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.2 Kings 4:27 · הַרְפֵּֽה־And she cometh in unto the man of God, unto the hill, and layeth hold on his feet, and Gehazi cometh nigh to thrust her away, and the man of God saith, ‘Let her alone, for her soul is bitter to her, and Jehovah hath hidden it from me, and hath not declared it to me.’1 Chronicles 21:15 · הֶ֣רֶףand God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying Jehovah hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying, ‘Enough, now, cease thy hand.’ And the messenger of Jehovah is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,1 Chronicles 28:20 · יַרְפְּךָ֙And David saith to Solomon his son, ‘Be strong, and courageous, and do; do not fear nor be affrighted, for Jehovah God, my God, is with thee; He doth not fail thee, nor forsake thee, unto the completion of all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah.2 Chronicles 15:7 · יִרְפּ֖וּand ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.’Ezra 4:4 · מְרַפִּ֖יםAnd it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,Nehemiah 6:3 · אַרְפֶּ֔הָAnd I send unto them messengers, saying, ‘A great work I am doing, and I am not able to come down; why doth the work cease when I let it alone, and have come down unto you?’Nehemiah 6:9 · יִרְפּ֧וּfor all of them are making us afraid, saying, ‘Their hands are too feeble for the work, and it is not done;’ and now, strengthen Thou my hands.Job 7:19 · תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִיHow long dost Thou not look from me? Thou dost not desist till I swallow my spittle.Job 12:21 · רִפָּֽה׃Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.Job 27:6 · אַרְפֶּ֑הָOn my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.Psalm 37:8 · הֶ֣רֶףDesist from anger, and forsake fury, Fret not thyself only to do evil.Psalm 46:10 · הַרְפּ֣וּDesist, and know that I am God, I am exalted among nations, I am exalted in the earth.Psalm 138:8 · תֶּֽרֶף׃Jehovah doth perfect for me, O Jehovah, Thy kindness is to the age, The works of Thy hands let not fall!Proverbs 4:13 · תֶּ֑רֶףLay hold on instruction, do not desist, Keep her, for she is thy life.Proverbs 18:9 · מִתְרַפֶּ֣הHe also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.Proverbs 24:10 · הִ֭תְרַפִּיתָThou hast shewed thyself weak in a day of adversity, Straitened is thy power,Song of Solomon 3:4 · אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּBut a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother—And the chamber of her that conceived me.Isaiah 5:24 · יִרְפֶּ֔הTherefore, as a tongue of fire devoureth stubble, And flaming hay falleth, Their root is as muck, And their flower as dust goeth up. Because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of Hosts, And the saying of the Holy One of Israel despised.Isaiah 13:7 · תִּרְפֶּ֑ינָהTherefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.Jeremiah 6:24 · רָפ֣וּ‘We have heard its sound, feeble have been our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman.Jeremiah 38:4 · מְרַפֵּ֡אAnd the heads say unto the king, ‘Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.’Jeremiah 49:24 · רָפְתָ֥הFeeble hath been Damascus, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.Jeremiah 50:43 · וְרָפ֣וּHeard hath the king of Babylon their report, And feeble have been his hands, Distress hath seized him; pain as a travailing woman.Zephaniah 3:16 · יִרְפּ֥וּIn that day it is said to Jerusalem, ‘Fear not, O Zion, let not thy hands be feeble.