רָפַדrâphad
spread
Pronunciation: raw-fad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7502
Meanings
Qal: spreadeth a threshing-sledge upon the mud (Job 41:22)
Pi`el: spread out, support me (Job 17:13; Song of Solomon 2:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Job 17:13 What if I go to the grave and make my bed in darkness?
- Job 41:30 Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass. It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.
- Song of Solomon 2:5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).