רָפַד
rafad · spread out, refresh
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7502 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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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
- To lay out, prepare a bed.
- 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 that come from it
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.