- Original: רפה - Transliteration: Raphah - Phonetic: raw-faw' - 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 - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2198 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to slacken (in many applications literally or figuratively): - 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 . Total KJV Occurrences: 46 • abated, 1 Judges 8:3 • alone, 4 Deuteronomy 9:14; Judges 11:37; 2 Kings 4:27; Job 7:19 • Cease, 1 Psalm 37:8 • consumeth, 1 Isaiah 5:24 • down, 2 Ezekiel 1:24; Ezekiel 1:25 • draweth, 1 Judges 19:9 • fail, 4 Deuteronomy 31:6; Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5; 1 Chronicles 28:20 • faint, 2 Proverbs 24:10; Isaiah 13:7 • feeble, 6 2 Samuel 4:1; Jeremiah 6:24; Jeremiah 49:24; Jeremiah 50:43; Ezekiel 7:17; Ezekiel 21:7 • forsake, 2 Deuteronomy 4:31; Psalm 138:8 • go, 4 Exodus 4:26; Job 27:6; Proverbs 4:13; Song of Songs 3:4 • idle, 3 Exodus 5:8; Exodus 5:17(2) • leave, 1 Nehemiah 6:3 • respite, 1 1 Samuel 11:3 • slack, 3 Joshua 10:6; Joshua 18:3; Zephaniah 3:16 • slothful, 1 Proverbs 18:9 • stay, 3 1 Samuel 15:16; 2 Samuel 24:16; 1 Chronicles 21:15 • still, 1 Psalm 46:10 • weak, 1 2 Chronicles 15:7 • weakened, 2 Ezra 4:4; Nehemiah 6:9 • weakeneth, 2 Job 12:21; Jeremiah 38:4