רָפָא râphâʼ

Meaning

properly, lax, i.e. (figuratively) a ghost (as dead; in plural only)

In the King James Version: dead, deceased.

Derivation: from H7495 (רָפָא) in the sense of H7503 (רָפָה);

Where it is used

• Job 26:5 The dead tremble—those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.
• Psalms 88:10 Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah
• Proverbs 2:18 For her house sinks down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.
• Proverbs 9:18 But they do not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
• Proverbs 21:16 The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
• Isaiah 14:9 Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
• Isaiah 26:14 The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
• Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.