רָפַד

rafad · spread out, refresh

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7502 · appears 3 times in the Bible

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What it means

rafad (רָפַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “spread out, refresh”.

To spread out (a bed); also to refresh.

How to say it

ra·fad

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To lay out, prepare a bed.
  2. To give new strength.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • I spread out ×1
  • it spreads ×1
  • refresh me ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 17:13

    If I hope for Sheol as my house, in darkness I spread out my bed;

  • Job 41:30

    Under it are points of potsherd; it spreads a threshing sledge on the mud.

  • Song of Songs 2:5

    Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love.