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It is associated with the concept of the afterlife and the existence of spirits in Sheol, the abode of the dead. The word is sometimes translated as "ghost" or "shade," indicating a non-corporeal presence.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, including Israel, there was a belief in an underworld or a realm where the spirits of the dead resided. This realm, often referred to as Sheol in the Hebrew Bible, was thought to be a shadowy place where the "rapha" or shades existed. The Israelites, like their neighbors, had a complex understanding of life after death, which included the existence of these spirits. However, the Hebrew Bible emphasizes the sovereignty of God over life and death, contrasting with the more elaborate afterlife beliefs of surrounding cultures.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7503.htm">raphah</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>shades, ghosts<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>dead (3), departed spirits (4), spirits of the dead (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> I, II. <font class="hebrew2">רְפָאִים</font> see below <font class="hebrew2">רפה</font>. </p><p> I. <font class="hebrew2">רְפָאִים</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun masculine</b></font><sup>Job 26:5</sup> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>plural</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>shades, ghosts</b></font> (by most connected with above √, as <em>sunken, powerless, ones</em>, Sta<sup>G. i.420</sup>; Phoenician <font class="hebrew2">רפאם</font>); — Wisdom Literature and late, name of dead in She'ôl, with article <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הָר</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/26-5.htm">Job 26:5</a>, elsewhere nearly = proper name: <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ר</font> <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/14-9.htm">Isaiah 14:9</a> (in <i>Sh®°ôl</i>), <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26-4.htm">Isaiah 26:4</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מֵתִים</font>), <a href="/interlinear/psalms/88-11.htm">Psalm 88:11</a> ("" <em>id.</em>), <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/2-18.htm">Proverbs 2:18</a> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מָוֶת</font>), <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-18.htm">Proverbs 9:18</a> (in <font class="hebrew2">עִמְקֵי שְׁאוֺל</font>), <font class="hebrew2">קְהַל רְפָאִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/21-16.htm">Proverbs 21:16</a>; of righteous Israel <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> <em>earth shall cast forth</em> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">ר</font> ("" <font class="hebrew2">מֵתֶיךָ</font>). <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>dead, deceased <p>From <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm">rapha'</a> in the sense of <a href="/hebrew/7503.htm">raphah</a>; properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only) -- dead, deceased. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm">rapha'</a> <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7503.htm">raphah</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>הָרְפָאִ֥ים הרפאים רְ֝פָאִ֗ים רְפָאִ֖ים רְפָאִ֣ים רְפָאִ֥ים רְפָאִים֙ רפאים hā·rə·p̄ā·’îm harefaIm hārəp̄ā’îm rə·p̄ā·’îm refaIm rəp̄ā’îm<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/26-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 26:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> הָרְפָאִ֥ים </b> יְחוֹלָ֑לוּ מִתַּ֥חַת</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">The departed spirits</span> tremble Under<br><a href="/kjvs/job/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Dead</span> [things] are formed<br><a href="/interlinear/job/26-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">the departed</span> tremble Under<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/88-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 88:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/88.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">פֶּ֑לֶא אִם־ <b> רְ֝פָאִ֗ים </b> יָק֤וּמוּ ׀ יוֹד֬וּךָ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/88.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for the dead? <span class="itali">Will the departed spirits</span> rise<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/88.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to the dead? <span class="itali">shall the dead</span> arise<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/88-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> wonders lo <span class="itali">spirits</span> rise praise<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 2:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/2.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְאֶל־ <b> רְ֝פָאִ֗ים </b> מַעְגְּלֹתֶֽיהָ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And her tracks <span class="itali">[lead] to the dead;</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and her paths <span class="itali">unto the dead.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> her house to <span class="itali">the dead</span> tracks<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 9:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יָ֭דַע כִּֽי־ <b> רְפָאִ֣ים </b> שָׁ֑ם בְּעִמְקֵ֖י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> But he does not know <span class="itali">that the dead</span> are there,<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> But he knoweth <span class="itali">not that the dead</span> [are] there; [and that] her guests<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> know that <span class="itali">the dead</span> are there the depths<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/21-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 21:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הַשְׂכֵּ֑ל בִּקְהַ֖ל <b> רְפָאִ֣ים </b> יָנֽוּחַ׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Will rest in the assembly <span class="itali">of the dead.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the congregation <span class="itali">of the dead.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/21-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of understanding the assembly <span class="itali">of the dead</span> will rest<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 14:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/14.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עוֹרֵ֨ר לְךָ֤ <b> רְפָאִים֙ </b> כָּל־ עַתּ֣וּדֵי</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/14.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> It arouses <span class="itali">for you the spirits of the dead,</span> all<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/14.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> it stirreth up <span class="itali">the dead</span> for thee, [even] all the chief ones<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/14-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> come arouses <span class="itali">the spirits</span> all the leaders<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/26-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 26:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בַּל־ יִחְי֔וּ <b> רְפָאִ֖ים </b> בַּל־ יָקֻ֑מוּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will not live, <span class="itali">the departed spirits</span> will not rise;<br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> they shall not live; <span class="itali">[they are] deceased,</span> they shall not rise:<br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will not live <span class="itali">the departed</span> will not rise<p><b><a href="/text/isaiah/26-19.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Isaiah 26:19</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">טַלֶּ֔ךָ וָאָ֖רֶץ <b> רְפָאִ֥ים </b> תַּפִּֽיל׃ ס</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/isaiah/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> will give birth <span class="itali">to the departed spirits.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/isaiah/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the earth shall cast out <span class="itali">the dead.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/isaiah/26-19.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the dew and the earth <span class="itali">to the departed</span> will give<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7496.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7496.htm">Strong's Hebrew 7496<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/harefaim_7496.htm">hā·rə·p̄ā·’îm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/refaim_7496.htm">rə·p̄ā·’îm — 7 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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