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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H7503 - Respite

Strong's No.:H7503

Hebrew:רָפָה

Transliteration:râphâh

Phonetic:raw-faw'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:{abate} {cease} {consume} draw [toward {evening]} {fail} (be) {faint} be (wax) {feeble} {forsake} {idle} {leave} let alone ({go} {down}) (be) {slack} {stay} be {still} be {slothful} (be) weak (-en). See H7495 .

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively)


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened

a. (Qal)

1. to sink down

2. to sink, drop

3. to sink, relax, abate

4. to relax, withdraw

b. (Niphal) idle (participle)

c. (Piel) to let drop

d. (Hiphil)

1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake

2. to let go

3. to refrain, let alone

4. to be quiet

e. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack


Bible References:
Respite

Translation
Occurrences:
abated ( 1 )
alone ( 4 )
Cease ( 1 )
consumeth ( 1 )
down ( 2 )
draweth ( 1 )
fail ( 4 )
faint ( 2 )
feeble ( 6 )
forsake ( 2 )
go ( 4 )
idle ( 3 )
leave ( 1 )
respite ( 1 )
Slack ( 3 )
slothful ( 1 )
Stay ( 3 )
still ( 1 )
weak ( 1 )
weakened ( 2 )
weakeneth ( 2 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.