H7498 H7498
Rapha; personal name, a Benjamite ancestor appearing in genealogical lists
A personal name belonging to men in the tribe of Benjamin. First Chronicles 8:2 lists Rapha among the sons of Benjamin, while 8:37 mentions another Rapha in a later genealogical sequence. The name is distinct from the Rephaim (רְפָאִים), though the forms are related. The Septuagint offers Greek transliterations without interpretation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A masculine personal name appearing in Benjamite genealogies (1 Chr 8:2, 8:37). The name רָפָא may mean 'he has healed' (from the root רפא), though BDB notes it is distinct from the plural form רְפָאִים (Rephaim, the pre-Israelite giants). The two occurrences may refer to different individuals in separate family lines within Benjamin. The Septuagint's Ραφηα/Ραφαι simply transliterates without etymological comment. Modern languages follow suit (Spanish Rafa, etc.), preserving the name without certain meaning. 2×
AR["رَافَا", "وَرَافَا"]·ben["ও-রাফা", "রাফা"]·DE["[ורפא]", "[רפה]"]·EN["Rafah", "and-Rafa"]·FR["[ורפא]", "[רפה]"]·heb["ו-רפא", "רפה"]·HI["और-रापा", "रापाह"]·ID["Rafa", "dan-Rafa"]·IT["[ורפא]", "[רפה]"]·jav["Rafa", "lan-Rafa"]·KO["그-와-라바", "라바"]·PT["Rafah", "e-Rafa"]·RU["Рафа", "и-Рафа"]·ES["Rafa", "y-Rafa"]·SW["Rafa", "na-Rafa"]·TR["Rafa", "ve-Rafa"]·urd["اور-رافا", "رافہ"]
Related Senses
H0376 1. man, person, human male (2130×)H0251 1. brother (blood sibling) (573×)H0120 1. man, human being (individual/generic) (527×)H0802 1. woman, female person (519×)H0802 2. wife, spouse (255×)H0517 1. mother, female parent (217×)G0435 1. man, male person (202×)G1135 1. woman, adult female (190×)H2233 1. offspring, descendants (172×)H0001 2. ancestor, forefather (146×)H5288 1. Youth, young man (122×)H0269 1. sister (female sibling) (113×)H1755 1. generation, contemporaries (96×)G5043 1. child, offspring (89×)G0444 2. people, humankind (86×)H3206 1. child, boy, youth (86×)H2145 1. male (human being) (79×)G3384 1. mother (77×)H6485a 1. Qal passive participle: numbered ones, enrollment (76×)H1397 1. man (strong/mighty) (65×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. רָפָא n.pr.m. in Benj., 1 Ch 8:2, Ραφη[α].—II. רָפָא v. רפה.—Vid. also בֵּית ר׳ p. 112.