רָפַד
râphad · H7502 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to make one's bed in darkness
Literally: to spreak (one's) bed in darkness; hence: process by which humans die and move to the world of the dead
ExamplesJob 17:13 “If I hope for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;
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to spread oneself
Action by which animals assume a lying position
ExamplesJob 41:30 “His underparts are like sharp pieces of pottery; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mud.
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to refresh
Causative action by which humans help other humans to regain their strength
ExamplesSong of Solomon 2:5 “Refresh me with raisin cakes, Sustain me with apples, Because I am lovesick.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated: you (more than one) 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- חֲרוּץgold 1
- יָצוּעַcouch 1
- נִיme 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- עַלon, upon, over, against+ טִיטmud 1
- בin/on/with+ חֹשֶׁךְdarkness 1
- בin/on/with+ תַּפּוּחַapple tree 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- יַצַע yatsaʻ · H3331 · to spread out (as a bed), to lie down on sackcloth and ashes
- Hebrew verb for spreading out or arranging a bed, closely parallel to רָפַד in bed-making contexts (Ps 139:8, Isa 58:5, Job 17:13)
- פָּרַשׂ pâras · H6566 · to spread out
- Common Hebrew verb for spreading out various objects including coverings and garments, broader application but overlapping with רָפַד's spreading sense
In the other Testament 1 word
- στρώννυμι strṓnnymi · G4766 · to spread, to spread out, to furnish
- Greek verb for spreading out or making a bed, directly parallel to רָפַד in contexts of bed-making and spreading (e.g., Mark 14:15, Acts 9:34)
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Dead002001001018
- Job 17:13 declares, "if I hope for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness," directly attesting an association with the grave and death.
- Stance002001001061
- The same Job 17:13 image of making one's "bed in the darkness" attests the sense of a physical resting arrangement or position.
- Strong002001001063
- Job 41:22 declares that "in his neck dwells strength," directly attesting the sense of vigor or might associated with this word's range.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7502. raphad [רָפַד] verb spread (Assyrian rapâdu, stretch oneself; Arabic prop up,…
[רָפַד] verb spread (Assyrian rapâdu, stretch oneself; Arabic prop up, support, aid, give, compare
Pi`el below; Sabean רפדת plural protection, guard, CISiv, no. 40, 3, compare ארפד terraces DHMHofmus.); —
Qal Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְמַּד Job 41:22 he (the crocodile) spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mud (leaves marks upon it from his scales).
Pi`el Perfect1south of couch (figurative) יְצוּעָ֑י רִמַּדְתּי Job 17:13; then (spread out any support, hence) Imperative masculine plural suffix רַמְּדוּנִי Son 2:5 support me with apples (|| סַמְּכוּ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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