Strong’s H7497 · Hebrew

רָפָא
râphâʼ
raw-faw'

Definition

a giant

Etymology

or רָפָה; from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of invigorating;

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • giant
  • Rapha
  • Rephaim(-s). See also H1051 (בֵּית רָפָא)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.