Senses
1. Rephaim (ancient giant people) — The proper noun Rephaim (רְפָאִים II), designating an ancient people of great stature who inhabited Canaan and Transjordan before the Israelite conquest. All three clusters represent the same ethnic/tribal referent, differing only in the presence of the definite article and the conjunctive waw: Rephaim, the-Rephaim, and-the-Rephaim. Arabic الرَّفَائِيِّينَ/رَفَائِيمَ (al-Rafā'iyyīn/Rafā'īm), Spanish Refaim/refaítas/refaitas, Hindi रपाईम/रेफ़ैम (Rapā'īm/Refaim), Korean 르바임 (Reuba-im), Swahili Warefaimu/Warefai (with Bantu noun-class prefix Wa- for peoples). Referenced in Genesis 14:5, 15:20, Deuteronomy 2:11-20, 3:11-13, Joshua 12:4, 13:12, 17:15, and 2 Samuel 5:18-22 as pre-Israelite inhabitants associated with the Valley of Rephaim near Jerusalem. 19×
AR["الرَّفائيمَ","الرَّفائيّينَ","الرَّفَائِيمَ","الرَّفَائِيمِ","الرَّفَائِيِّينَ","رَفَائِيم","رَفَائِيمَ","رَفَائِيُّونَ","وَ-الرَّفائيمَ"]·ben["-রফাইমদের","-রফায়ীদের","-রফায়ীয়দের","উপত্যকা","এবং-রফায়ীমদের","রফাইম","রফাইমদের","রফাইমের","রফাঈম","রফায়ীমদের","রফায়ীমের"]·DE["Refaiter","Rephaim","Totengeister","[הרפאים]","[רפאים]","der-Refaiter","die-Refaiter","und-der-Refaiter"]·EN["Rephaim","and-the-Rephaim","the-Rephaim"]·FR["Rephaim","[הרפאים]","[רפאים]","et-le-Rephaim","le-Rephaim"]·heb["ה-רפאים","ו-ה-רפאים","רפאים"]·HI["-रपाइयों-के","और-रपाईम","गांवों","रपाइयों-का","रपाई","रपाईम","रपाईम-की","रफाईम","रेफ़ैम"]·ID["Orang-Refaim","Refaim","dan-orang-Refaim","orang-Refaim"]·IT["Rephaim","[הרפאים]","[רפאים]","e-il-Rephaim","il-Rephaim","spiriti-dei-morti"]·jav["Refaim","Réfaim","lan-tiyang-Réfaim","tiyang-Refaim","tiyang-Rèfaim","tiyang-Réfaim"]·KO["그-르바임-사람들","그-르바임의","그리고-르바임의","르바임","르바임-으로","르바임-의","르바임을","르바임의","르바임이"]·PT["Refa'im","Refaim","e-os-refaítas","os-Refa'im","os-Refaim","os-refains","os-refaítas","refains","¶ Refains"]·RU["-Рефаим","-Рефаимов","·-Рефаимов","Рефаим","Рефаимов","и-Рефаимов"]·ES["Refaim","Refaím","los-refaim","los-refaitas","los-refaítas","refaim","refaitas","y-el-refaíta"]·SW["Refaimu","Warefai","Warefaimu","ha-Warefai","la-Refaimu","na-ha-Warefai"]·TR["-Refalıları","Rafa'nın","Refailer'i","Refaim","Refaim'in","Refaimlerin","Refalılar","Refalılar'ın","Refalıların","ve-Refaimlerin"]·urd["-رفائیم","اور-رفائیم-کی","رفائیم","رفائیم-کی","رفائیم-کی۔","رفائیم-کے","رفائیوں-کی"]
Gen 14:5, Gen 15:20, Deut 2:11, Deut 2:20, Deut 2:20, Deut 3:11, Deut 3:13, Josh 12:4, Josh 13:12, Josh 15:8, Josh 17:15, Josh 18:16 (+7 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. רְפָאִים n.pr.gent. old race of giants (perhaps = I. ר׳, as extinct and powerless; v. especially WRS in Dr Dt 2:11; or as shadowy, vaguely known, SchwallyZAW xviii (1896), 127 ff. v. also Stal.c.);—ancient inhab. of Canaan [W. of Jordan?], Gn 15:20; Jos 17:15 (JE), cf. 1 Ch 20:4 (v. II. רָפָה supr.); hence עֵמֶק ר׳, plain S. of Jerus. 2 S 5:18, 22; 23:13; 1 Ch 11:15; 14:9; Is 17:5; Jos…