Know the Word.

Hebrew word

râphâh

raw-faw'

רָפָה

What it means

to slacken

to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • feeble6
  • go4
  • alone4
  • fail4
  • idle3
  • stay3
  • forsake2
  • slack2

Every place it appears 45

Deuteronomy4:319:1431:631:8
1 Samuel11:315:16
2 Samuel4:124:16
2 Kings4:27
1 Chronicles21:1528:20
2 Chronicles15:7
Ezra4:4
Nehemiah6:36:9
Song of Solomon3:4
Isaiah5:2413:7