רָפָא
ra.pah (H7495)
to heal
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The Hebrew word "ra.pah" (H7495) primarily means "to heal." Its frequency of 67 occurrences in the Bible underscores its importance and varied usage. In the context of physical health, "ra.pah" refers to the act of making someone or something whole again. Beyond physical healing, this word also encompasses spiritual and emotional restoration. When applied to the soul, "ra.pah" speaks to the idea of being brought back to a state of wholeness and balance. This broader application of the word highlights the interconnectedness of physical and spiritual wellness. The prevalence of "ra.pah" in the Bible suggests that healing is not limited to a specific domain or context. Instead, it is a fundamental concept that underlies the human experience, emphasizing the desire for wholeness and restoration across various aspects of life.
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Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
He said, “If you will diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, and will do that which is right in his eyes, and will pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you, which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am Yahweh who heals you.”
if he rises again and walks around with his staff, then he who struck him shall be cleared; only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall provide for his healing until he is thoroughly healed.
“When the body has a boil on its skin, and it has healed,
But if in his eyes the itch is arrested and black hair has grown in it, then the itch is healed. He is clean. The priest shall pronounce him clean.
and the priest shall go out of the camp. The priest shall examine him. Behold, if the plague of leprosy is healed in the leper,
“If the priest shall come in, and examine it, and behold, the plague hasn’t spread in the house, after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed.
Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “Heal her, God, I beg you!”
Yahweh will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed.
Yahweh will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it empty; but by all means return a trespass offering to him. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.”
Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me!”; and all the people came near to him. He repaired Yahweh’s altar that had been thrown down.
He went out to the spring of the waters, and threw salt into it, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘I have healed these waters. There shall not be from there any more death or barren wasteland.’ ”
So the waters were healed to this day, according to Elisha’s word which he spoke.
King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel from the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
but king Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, “If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.”
“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that Yahweh will heal me, and that I will go up to Yahweh’s house the third day?”
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa was diseased in his feet. His disease was exceedingly great: yet in his disease he didn’t seek Yahweh, but just the physicians.
He returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.
For he wounds and binds up. He injures and his hands make whole.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
You have made the land tremble. You have torn it. Mend its fractures, for it quakes.
who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases,
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”
Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
Moreover the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, in the day that Yahweh binds up the fracture of his people, and heals the wound they were struck with.
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.
I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near,” says Yahweh; “and I will heal them.”
Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are Yahweh our God.
They have healed also the hurt of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
Heal me, O Yahweh, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.
and shall tell them, ‘Yahweh of Armies says: “Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, that can’t be made whole again. They will bury in Topheth, until there is no place to bury.
For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh; “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’ ”
‘Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
Babylon has suddenly fallen and been destroyed! Wail for her! Take balm for her pain. Perhaps she may be healed.
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