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Nehemiah 6:3
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Masoretic Text 1524
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
And
H589
I
H7971
sent
H4397
messengers
H5921
unto
them
H559
saying
H589
I
am
H6213
doing
a
H1419
great
H4399
work
so
that
H589
I
H3808
cannot
come
H3381
down
H4100
why
should
the
H4399
work
H7673
cease
H834
whilst
H589
I
H7503
leave
it
and
come
H3381
down
H413
to
you
Hebrew-English Dictionary
Strongs: H7503
Hebrew: רָפָה
Transliteration: râphâh
Pronunciation: raw-faw'
Part of Speech: Verb
Bible 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 H7495 .
Definition:
to slacken (in many {applications} literally or figuratively)
1. to sink, relax, sink down, let drop, be disheartened
a. (Qal)
1. to sink down
2. to sink, drop
3. to sink, relax, abate
4. to relax, withdraw
b. (Niphal) idle (participle)
c. (Piel) to let drop
d. (Hiphil)
1. to let drop, abandon, relax, refrain, forsake
2. to let go
3. to refrain, let alone
4. to be quiet
e. (Hithpael) to show oneself slack
The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.