רָפַשׂ
rafas · muddy (water)
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7515 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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rafas (רָפַשׂ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “muddy (water)”.
To muddy water by trampling it.
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 dirty water by trampling it.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- fouled ×1
- muddied ×1
- muddy ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Proverbs 25:26
A muddied spring and a ruined fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
- Ezekiel 32:2
“Son of man, raise a dirge over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, ‘A young lion of the nations you were compared to, and you are like the sea monster in the seas; and you burst forth in your rivers, and muddied the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers.
- Ezekiel 34:18
Is it too little for you that you graze on the good pasture and trample with your feet the rest of your pastures? And that you drink the settled water and muddy with your feet what is left?