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Strong's H7497 רָפָא (rapha)

Rapha means “giant” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7497
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 6

Strong's H7497 Quick Answer

Strong's H7497 רָפָא רָפָה (rapha') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. rapha' (raw-faw') (or raphah {raw-faw'}) n/g. 1. a giant [from H7495 in the sense of invigorating] It has 24 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include giants, giant, and rephaim. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
rapha' (raw-faw') (or raphah {raw-faw'}) n/g. 1. a giant [from H7495 in the sense of invigorating]
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
giants, giant, and rephaim

Meaning and Definition

rapha' (raw-faw') (or raphah {raw-faw'}) n/g. 1. a giant [from H7495 in the sense of invigorating] KJV: giant, Rapha, Rephaim(-s). See also H1051. Root(s): H7495 See also: H1051

Original Word
רָפָא רָפָה
Transliteration
rapha'
Derivation
Root: רפא רפה First root strongs: 7495
Morphology
n/g.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7497. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Rapha

Usage: A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.21.16; father of: Goliath (H1555), Ishbi-benob (H3430), Saph (H5593), Lahmi (H3902), huge_man (H4060A); also translated "giant"; Also named: re.pha.im (רְפָאִים "Raphaite" H7497H) § giant, Rephah

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How Strong's H7497 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render rapha', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

giants Deuteronomy 2:11 giant 2 Samuel 21:16 Rephaim 2 Samuel 5:18

How Strong's H7497 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7497 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7497 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 14:5 KJV

And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

Genesis 15:20 KJV

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

Deuteronomy 2:11 KJV

Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7497.

Genesis 14:5 Old Testament, KJV
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
Genesis 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Deuteronomy 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims.
Deuteronomy 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims;
Deuteronomy 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.
Deuteronomy 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.
Joshua 12:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei,
Joshua 13:12 Old Testament, KJV
All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out.
Joshua 15:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
Joshua 17:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.
Joshua 18:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,
2 Samuel 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 21:16 Old Testament, KJV
And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
2 Samuel 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant.
2 Samuel 21:20 Old Testament, KJV
And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
2 Samuel 21:22 Old Testament, KJV
These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
2 Samuel 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles 11:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles 14:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles 20:4 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued.
1 Chronicles 20:6 Old Testament, KJV
And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.
1 Chronicles 20:8 Old Testament, KJV
These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
Isaiah 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7497, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7497 FAQ

What does rapha (רָפָא) mean?

Rapha (Strong's H7497) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "giant". rapha' (raw-faw') (or raphah {raw-faw'}) n/g. 1. a giant [from H7495 in the sense of invigorating]

How many times is rapha (רָפָא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H7497 across 6 books.

Where can I study rapha (רָפָא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7497 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate rapha (רָפָא)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as giants, giant, and rephaim. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.