Raphah

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Raphah - tall - is a name in the Bible.

It is used at least four times:

  1. 2 Samuel 21:16 - "and Ishbi-benob tried to kill David.-He was a descendant of the Raphah(f);" (The Jewish Publication Society Hebrew/English Tanakh, 1999 No. 5759). Footnote f ("Apparently a race of giants")
  2. 1 Chr. 8:2, 37 - A Benjamite, the son of Benjamin, a descendant of Saul.
  3. 1 Chr. 20:4, 6 - In a margin-note, where "giant" is given in the text.
  4. Psalm 42:6 - a Hebrew word meaning to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened (Strong Corcondance Entry No.7503)
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