{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7503",
  "lemma": "רָפָה",
  "transliteration": "râphâh",
  "definition": "to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)",
  "kjv": "abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble…",
  "occurrences": 46,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "רָפָה vb. sink, relax",
    "Qal",
    "1. sink down",
    "2. sink, drop",
    "3. sink, relax, abate",
    "4. relax, withdraw",
    "Niph. idle",
    "Pi. causat.: let wings drop",
    "Hiph. causat.",
    "1. let drop",
    "2. let go",
    "3. refrain",
    "Hithp. hast shewn thyself slack"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:26",
      "text": "So he let him alone. Then she said, “You are a bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 5:8",
      "text": "You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 5:17",
      "text": "But Pharaoh said, “You are idle! You are idle! Therefore you say, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to the LORD.’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 4:31",
      "text": "For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/4?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 9:14",
      "text": "Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/9?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 31:6",
      "text": "Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them, for the LORD your God himself is who goes with you. He…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/31?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 31:8",
      "text": "The LORD himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/31?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 1:5",
      "text": "No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/1?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 10:6",
      "text": "The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants! Come up to us quickly and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/10?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 18:3",
      "text": "Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you neglect to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/18?v=3"
    }
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