H7495
רָפָא
to heal
1) to heal, make healthful 1a) (Qal) to heal 1a1) of God 1a2) healer, physician (of men) 1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig) 1a4) of individual distresses (fig) 1b) (Niphal) to be healed 1b1) literal (of persons) 1b2) of water, pottery 1b3) of national hurts (fig) 1b4) of personal distress (fig) 1c) (Piel) to heal 1c1) literal 1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig) 1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
רָפָא verb heal (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician רפא, Syriac heal; on Aramaic proper name compounded with רפא see NöZMG xi (1886), 723 Lzb369; Sabean proper name אלרפא Langer1, 1 DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 326; Arabic (and ) darn, mend, repair, pacify; Ethiopic stitch together, mend; compare KüchenmeisterZWiss. Th. xxx (1887), 257 ff.); —
a. of God, with accusative of person Gen 20:17 (E), Ps 107:20 (suffix), with ל person Num 12:13 (JE) 2Kgs 20:5; 2Kgs 20:8.
b. of men, absolute Eccl 3:3 (opposed to הרג); participle as substantive healer, physician, Gen 50:2 (twice in verse) (J) 2Chr 16:12.
a. subject ׳י, with suffix person, Hos 6:1; Hos 11:3 (yet compare We Now), Exod 15:26 (J), Isa 19:22b Isa 57:18; Isa 57:19; Jer 33:6; Ps 30:3, compare Ps 6:3 with accusative עַם 2Chr 30:20, with accusative אֶרֶץ 2Chr 7:14 with ל of nation Hos 7:1, and (indefinite subject) Isa 6:10 (lest) one heal them (= passive, they be healed); with accusative of hurt, מִחַץ מַכָּתוֺ Isa 30:26, שְׁבָרִים (of land) Ps 60:4, so מְשׁוּבָה Hos 14:5; Jer 3:22 (including the consequences of backsliding); with ל of hurt Ps 103:3 accusative nation (personified) + מִן of hurt Jer 30:17 I will heal thee of thy wounds (|| אֶרְפָּאֵךְ); absolute Isa 19:22a (opposed to נגף), Deut 32:39 (opposed to מחץ); participle as substantive healer, physician Jer 8:22.
b. human subject, with ל of nation, Hos 5:13, compare Lam 2:13.
a. of national hurts, subject city Jer 51:8; Jer 51:9 involving forgiveness and ׳י's blessing, impersonal with ל of people, נִרְפָּאלָֿנוּ Isa 53:5 i.e. healing has come to us.
b. of personal distress, subject person Jer 17:14, subject the distress Jer 15:18. Pi`el Perfect 1 singular רִפִּאתִי 2Kgs 2:21 2 masculine plural רְפֵּאתֶם Ezek 34:4 1 plural רִפִּאנוּ Jer 51:9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְרַפֵּא Exod 21:19; Zech 11:16, וַיְרַפֵּא 1Kgs 18:30 3 masculine plural וַיְרַפְּאוּ Jer 6:14, וַיְרַפּוּ (Ges«GKC:75qq»§ 75qq) Jer 8:11 Infinitive absolute רַפֹּא Exod 21:19 — have healed, heal, usually human subject:
49 occurrences
Genesis (2), Exodus (2), Leviticus (3), Numbers (1), Deuteronomy (2), I Samuel (1), I Kings (1), II Kings (6), II Chronicles (3), Job (1), Psalms (3), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (10), Ezekiel (4), Hosea (4), Zechariah (1)
- Genesis 20:17
- Genesis 50:2
- Exodus 15:26
- Exodus 21:19
- Leviticus 13:37
- Leviticus 14:3
- Leviticus 14:48
- Numbers 12:13
- Deuteronomy 28:35
- Deuteronomy 32:39
- I Samuel 6:3
- I Kings 18:30
- II Kings 2:21
- II Kings 2:22
- II Kings 8:29
- II Kings 9:15
- II Kings 20:5
- II Kings 20:8
- II Chronicles 7:14
- II Chronicles 22:6
- II Chronicles 30:20
- Job 13:4
- Psalms 103:3
- Psalms 107:20
- Psalms 147:3
- Ecclesiastes 3:3
- Isaiah 6:10
- Isaiah 19:22
- Isaiah 57:18
- Isaiah 57:19
- Jeremiah 3:22
- Jeremiah 6:14
- Jeremiah 8:11
- Jeremiah 8:22
- Jeremiah 15:18
- Jeremiah 17:14
- Jeremiah 19:11
- Jeremiah 30:17
- Jeremiah 33:6
- Jeremiah 51:9
- Ezekiel 34:4
- Ezekiel 47:8
- Ezekiel 47:9
- Ezekiel 47:11
- Hosea 5:13
- Hosea 6:1
- Hosea 7:1
- Hosea 11:3
- Zechariah 11:16