Word

רְפַס

rᵉphaç · H7512 · Aramaic · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to trample

    The action by which animals tread heavily and noisily on objects, resulting in destruction

    Examples

    Daniel 7:7 “After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

    Daniel 7:19 “Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet,

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

2 occurrences in 1 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

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
דּוּשׁ dûwsh · H1758 · to tread out, to thresh, to trample
דּוּשׁ denotes trampling or treading, often in the context of threshing, and overlaps with רְפַס in the sense of forceful foot action. Both describe vigorous trampling motions.
רָמַס râmaç · H7429 · to trample (down), to tread, to trample down
רָמַס is a common Hebrew verb for trampling or treading down, semantically very close to the stamping action of רְפַס. Both describe forceful downward foot action.
In the other Testament 1 word
πατέω patéō · G3961 · to step on, to tread on, to trample
Greek πατέω is the standard verb for trampling or treading, which semantically encompasses the stamping action denoted by Hebrew רְפַס. Both refer to forceful action with the feet.
Semantic domains 3 entries
Impact002001001024
Daniel 7:7 recounts that “it devoured and crushed, and trampled down the remainder with its feet.”
Mixed002003001012
This Mixed code is inherited from the shared listing with רָפַשׂ (râphas, H7515) (foul, trouble); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested trampling underfoot sense.
Stance002001001061
This Stance code is inherited from the shared listing with רָפַס (râphaç, H7511) (humble self, submit self); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested trampling underfoot sense.
Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

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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