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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.
Where it appears
8 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
Isaiah 14:9 HNcmpaIsaiah 26:14 HNcmpaIsaiah 26:19 HNcmpaJob 26:5 HTd/NcmpaProverbs 2:18 HNcmpaProverbs 9:18 HNcmpaProverbs 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.