רָפַס
rafas · trample; humble oneself
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7511 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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rafas (רָפַס) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “trample; humble oneself”.
To trample; in the reflexive form, to prostrate oneself, to humble oneself at another's feet.
How to say it
ra·fas
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 tread something until it is fouled.
- To lower oneself at another's feet, pleading.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- humble yourself ×1
- one who humbles himself ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Psalms 68:30
Rebuke the beast of the reeds, the community of bulls with the calves of the peoples, the one who humbles himself with pieces of silver; he has scattered the peoples who delight in battles.
- Proverbs 6:3
Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have come into the palm of your neighbor: go, humble yourself, and press your neighbor.