רָפָא

rapha

rah-FAH

to heal, to mend

Where it comes from

Rapha is used for mending pottery and repairing altars as well as healing bodies. It means making whole what has come apart. God attaches it to himself as a title here, three days after the sea, at a place where the water was bitter.

Every place it appears

Strong's H7495. It stands in 62 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 15:26

And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.

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