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H7503

רָפָה

râphâh [raw-faw'] Verb
Core meaningto slacken (in many applications

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H7503

to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)

KJV usage: abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See 7495 .
Etymology: a primitive root;
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

slacken abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See.

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