Rephaim* — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. A Hebrew word referring to shades or departed spirits whose dwelling place was the habitation of Sheol (Prv 2:18; 9:18; 21:16). The rephaim of the underworld suffered anguish (Jb 26:5) and were separated from God (Ps 88:10-12) and all living people (Is 26:14). Their immaterial being bore a weakened shadowlike resemblance to their former corporeality (Is 14:9).

Show passage in OET: PRO 2:18

OET-RV PRO 2:18

18 Her house sinks down to death,
⇔ ≈ and her paths to the departed spirits.

OET-LV PRO 2:18

18 If/because she _sank _down to death house _of_her and_near/to the_shades tracks _of_her.

Show passage in OET: PRO 9:18

OET-RV PRO 9:18

18 But he doesn’t realise that the dead are there,
⇔ ≈ or that her guests are in the depths of the grave.

OET-LV PRO 9:18

18 And_not he _knows if/because _that the_shades are_there are_in_the _depths _of Shəʼōl her _invited _of_men.

Show passage in OET: PRO 21:16

OET-RV PRO 21:16

16 Anyone who wanders away from the path of insight,
⇔ → will rest in the assembly of the dead.

OET-LV PRO 21:16

16 Anyone who_wanders from_the_way _of insight in_the_assembly _of the_shades he _will _rest.

Show passage in OET: JOB 26:5

OET-RV JOB 26:5

5 The dead will be made to tremble
⇔ from beneath the water and their inhabitants. ???

OET-LV JOB 26:5

5 The_shades they _are _made _to _tremble from_under the_waters and_those _of_which_dwell _in _them.

Show passage in OET: PSA 88:10–12

OET-RV PSA 88:10

10 Will you do wonders for the dead?
⇔ ≈ Will those who’ve died rise and praise you? (Instrumental break.)

OET-RV PSA 88:11

11 Will your loyal commitment be proclaimed in the grave—
⇔ ≈ your loyalty in the place of the dead?

OET-RV PSA 88:12

12 Will your wonderful activities be known in the darkness,
⇔ ≈ or your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness?

OET-LV PSA 88:11

11  For_the_people will _you _do wonder[s] or the_shades will _they _arise will_they _give _thanks _to _you Şelāh.

OET-LV PSA 88:12

12  Will_it _be _recounted in_grave loyalty _of_your _covenant faithfulness _of_your in_ʼAⱱaddōn.

OET-LV PSA 88:13

13  Will_it _be _known in_darkness wonder[s]_of_your and_righteousness _of_your in_land forgetting.

Show passage in OET: ISA 26:14

OET-RV ISA 26:14

14 Those dead ones won’t live—those departed spirits won’t rise again,
⇔ indeed you’ve visited and destroyed them,
⇔ and erased all memory of them.

OET-LV ISA 26:14

14 Dead_ones not they _will _live shades not they _will _rise for_so/thus/hence you _have _visited and_you_have _destroyed _them and_you _have _destroyed all _of remembrance of_them.

Show passage in OET: ISA 14:9

OET-RV ISA 14:9

9 Down below, the grave is excited
⇔ ≈ waiting for your arrival.
⇔ It wakes up the dead for you—all the kings of the earth,
⇔ ≈ raising them from their thrones—all the kings of the nations.

OET-LV ISA 14:9

9 Shəʼōl from_under it _is _excited to/for_yourself(m) to_meet coming_your it _has _roused to/for_yourself(m) shades all _of the_leaders _of the_earth it _has _made _rise from_thrones _of_their all _of the_kings _of the_nations.

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2. A mighty people tall in stature living in Palestine during the days of Abraham. The Rephaim, along with the Zuzim, Emim, and Horite peoples, were defeated by Kedorlaomer and his allied armies (Gn 14:5). They were one of nine nations living in Palestine at the time when the Lord promised to give the land to Abraham’s descendants (15:20). The ancient Rephaim were called the Emim by the Moabites and the Zamzummin by the Ammonites; they were comparable in size and number to the giant Anakim (Dt 2:11, 20 OET DEU 2:11 · OET DEU 2:20). Og, king of Bashan, represented the last of the Rephaim. He was later killed and his kingdom dispossessed by the Israelites under Moses (Dt 3:11; Jos 12:4; 13:12). Perhaps the giants among the Philistines were descendants of the Rephaim (2 Sm 21; 1 Chr 20).

Show passage in OET: GEN 14:5

OET-RV GEN 14:5

5 Then in the fourteenth year, Kedorla’omer and the kings who were with him went and attacked the Refaim in Ashterot -Karnayim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh -Kiryatayim,

OET-LV GEN 14:5

5 And_in_four- teen year Kedorlaomer and_the_kings who with_him/it he _came and_they _defeated DOM the_Rəfāʼīm in_ˊAshtərot- qarnayim and_DOM the_Zuzites in_Ḩām and_DOM the_ʼĒymīm in_Shaveh Qiryātayim.

Show passage in OET: GEN 15:20

OET-RV GEN 15:20

20 the Hitim, the Perizim, the Refaim,

OET-LV GEN 15:20

20 And_DOM the_Ḩittiy[s] and_DOM the_Pərizzī[s] and_DOM the_Rəfāʼīm.

Show passage in OET: DEU 2:11; DEU 2:20

OET-RV DEU 2:11

11 People also call both the Emim and the Anakim, Refaim but the people of Moav (Moab) call them Emim.

OET-RV DEU 2:20

20 (Also, it’s regarded as the land of the Refaim, who the Amonim call the Zamzumim, who lived there in the past.

OET-LV DEU 2:11

11 Rəfāʼīm also they they _were _regarded like_ˊAnāqī and_the_Mōʼāⱱites they _called to/for_them ʼĒymīm.

OET-LV DEU 2:20

20 The _land _of the_Rəfāʼīm also it it _was _regarded the_Rəfāʼīm they _dwelt in_it formerly_before and_the_ˊAmmōnī they _called to/for_them Zamzom.

Show passage in OET: DEU 3:11

OET-RV DEU 3:11

11 (Bashan’s King Og was the last king who was a descendant of the Refaim. His bed (in Rabah in the Amoni region) was made out of iron and was four metres long and two metres wide.)

OET-LV DEU 3:11

11 If/because only ˊŌg the _king _of (the)_Bāshān he _survived from_the _remnant _of the _Rəfāʼīm THERE sarcophagus _of_his was_a _sarcophagus _of iron not is_it in_Rabāh of _the _people _of of _ˊAmmōn was_nine cubits length _of_its and_four cubits breadth _of_its by_a _cubit _of a _human.

Show passage in OET: JOS 12:4

OET-RV JOS 12:4

4 The Israelis also defeated King Og from Bashan, one of the few remaining Refaim, who lived in Ashtarot and at Edre’i,

OET-LV JOS 12:4

4 And_the _territory _of ˊŌg the _king _of (the)_Bāshān one_of _the _remnant _of the _Rəfāʼīm who_was_dwelling in_ˊAshtārōt and_in_ʼEdreˊī.

Show passage in OET: JOS 13:12

OET-RV JOS 13:12

12 all the kingdom of Og in the Bashan, who reigned in Ashtarot and in Edre’i (what remained from the remnant of the Refaim). Mosheh had attacked them and captured their lands.

OET-LV JOS 13:12

12 All _of the _kingdom _of ˊŌg in_Bāshān who he _reigned in_ˊAshtārōt and_in_ʼEdreˊī he he _was _left of_the _remnant _of of_the _Rəfāʼīm and_he_had _defeated _them Mosheh and_he_had _dispossessed _them.

Show passage in OET: CH1 20:1–8

OET-RV CH1 20:1

20 Then, in the spring, when kings often march out to war, Yoav (Joab) led the army out for war, and he devastated the Amonim’ land. Then he reached the capital, Rabah, and he besieged it while David stayed in Yerushalem (Jerusalem). Yoav defeated Rabah and demolished the city.

OET-RV CH1 20:2

2 Then David took their king’s crown off his head—it was gold with a valuable gemstone set in it, and weighed thirty kilograms. He put the crown on his own head, plus he took a very large amount of plunder out of the city.

OET-RV CH1 20:3

3 Then they took all the people out of the city and forced them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes. David did that to the people from all the Amoni cities, then he returned to Yerushalem with his army.

OET-RV CH1 20:4

4 Some time later, war broke out with the Pelishtim at Gezer, then Sibkay the Hushati struck down Sipay, from the descendants of the Refaim, and they were subdued.

OET-RV CH1 20:5

5 Then there was another battle with the Pelishtim, and Yair’s son Elhanan killed Lahmi the brother of Galyat (Goliath) the Giti (that is, from Gat), even though his spear shaft was as thick as the beam of a weaver’s loom.

OET-RV CH1 20:6

6 There was also war at Gat, where there was a very tall man with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, who was also a descendant of Rafa.

OET-RV CH1 20:7