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רָפָא
râphâʼ · Hebrew · Strong's H7496 · 8 occurrences
The KJV renders 4 different Hebrew and Greek words as “dead”
What it means
properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)
from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of H7503 (רָפָה);
How the KJV renders it
dead, deceased
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Answers that weigh this word
- Are the dead conscious, or do they sleep until the resurrection?
- What happens to a person immediately after death?
- What is sheol (hades) — the grave, or a place of the dead?
- When does the resurrection happen, and who is raised?
Where it appears
8 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Isaiah 14:9 · HNcmpa
Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Isaiah 26:14 · HNcmpa
The dead shall not live. The departed spirits shall not rise. Therefore you have visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
Isaiah 26:19 · HNcmpa
Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
Job 26:5 · HTd/Ncmpa
“The departed spirits tremble, those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
Proverbs 2:18 · HNcmpa
for her house leads down to death, her paths to the departed spirits.
Proverbs 9:18 · HNcmpa
But he doesn’t know that the departed spirits are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
Proverbs 21:16 HNcmpaPsalm 88:10 HNcmpa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.