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H7495 רָפָא (râphâʼ) raw-faw'
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Strong's Definition

or raphah {raw-faw'}; a primitive root; properly, to mend (by stitching), i.e. (figuratively) to cure

KJV Usage: cure, (cause to) heal, physician, repair, X thoroughly, make whole. See 7503

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָפָא (ra.pah) — to heal. 1) to heal, make healthful 1a) (Qal) to heal 1a1) of God 1a2) healer, physician (of men) 1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig) 1a4) of individual distresses (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be healed 1b1) literal (of persons) 1b2) of water, pottery 1b3) of national hurts (fig) 1b4) of personal distress (fig) 1c) (Piel) to heal 1c1) literal 1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig) 1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · מַרְפֵּא · רְפוּאָה · רִפְאוּת · תְּרוּפָה

Strong | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ חבשׁ | ≠ כאב · מחץ · נגף

to heal = causative action by which humans or deities help or cause (other) humans or animals to be restored to health or physical strength after a disease or an accident; this could also refer to the wound or disease itself; ≈ often used figuratively to denote the state of a country or nation suffering from the consequences of their unfaithfulness

GEN 20:17 · EXO 21:19 · EXO 21:19 · NUM 12:13 · DEU 32:39 · 2KI 20:5 · 2KI 20:8 · JOB 5:18 · PSA 6:3 · PSA 30:3 · PSA 41:5 · PSA 103:3 · PSA 107:20 · PSA 147:3 · ECC 3:3 · ISA 30:26 · JER 6:14 · JER 8:11 · JER 30:17 · EZK 34:4 · HOS 5:13 · HOS 6:1 · ZEC 11:16

Strong | verb nif, verb hit, verb qal

to be healed = process by which humans recover from a wound or disease; this can also refer to the wound or disease itself

LEV 13:18 · LEV 13:37 · LEV 14:3 · LEV 14:48 · DEU 28:27 · DEU 28:35 · 1SA 6:3 · 2KI 8:29 · 2KI 9:15 · 2CH 22:6 · ISA 6:10 · ISA 53:5 · JER 15:18 · JER 17:14 · JER 51:8 · JER 51:9

Whole | verb nif

to restore, to repair, to mend literally: to be healed; hence: = process by which objects are restored to their former state, usually by human or divine intervention

2KI 2:22 · EZK 47:8 · EZK 47:9 · EZK 47:11

Whole | verb pi, verb qal, verb nif

to restore, to repair, to mend literally: to heal; hence: = causative action by which humans restore an object to its former state

1KI 18:30 · 2KI 2:21 · PSA 60:4 · JER 19:11

Professions | verb qal ptc.act

healer, physician = someone whose profession it is to help other people heal or recover from a disease or an accident; also used as an epithet for God

GEN 50:2 · GEN 50:2 · EXO 15:26 · 2CH 16:12 · JOB 13:4 · JER 8:22

Safe

to heal, to restore literally: to heal; hence: = causative action by which deities remove the consequences of evil and restore a country or nation to a state of peace and prosperity

2CH 7:14 · 2CH 30:20 · ISA 19:22 · ISA 19:22 · ISA 57:18 · ISA 57:19 · JER 3:22 · JER 17:14 · JER 33:6 · JER 51:9 · LAM 2:13 · HOS 7:1 · HOS 11:3 · HOS 14:5

1 JER 51:9 · JER 51:9 MT-K רפאנו | MT-Q רִפִּינוּ 2 EZK 47:8 · EZK 47:8 MT-K ונרפאו | MT-Q וְנִרְפּוּ

Steve Berneking

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָפָא vb. heal Qal heal

Niph. be healed

Pi. have healed, heal

Hithp. in order to get healed

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