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rāfāʾ רָפָא ‘to heal’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

rāfāʾ v
1) to heal, make healthful
 1a) (Qal) to heal
  1a1) of God
  1a2) healer, physician (of men)
  1a3) of hurts of nations involving restored favour (fig)
  1a4) of individual distresses (fig)
 1b) (Niphal) to be healed
  1b1) literal (of persons)
  1b2) of water, pottery
  1b3) of national hurts (fig)
  1b4) of personal distress (fig)
 1c) (Piel) to heal
  1c1) literal
  1c2) of national defects or hurts (fig)
 1d) (Hithpael) in order to get healed (infinitive)

Mentioned in Genesis 50:2, 20:17 Exodus 15:26, 21:19 Codex Leviticus 14:48, 14:3, 13:37, 13:18 Numbers 12:13 Deuteronomy 32:39, 28:27, 28:35 1 Samuel 6:3 1 Kings 18:30 2 Kings 20:5, 20:8, 8:29, 9:15, 2:21, 2:22 Isaiah 57:18, 30:26, 6:10, 57:19, 19:22, 53:5 Jeremiah 51:8, 6:14, 8:11, 8:22, 19:11, 30:17, 51:9, 15:18, 3:22, 33:6, 17:14 Ezekiel 34:4, 47:8, 47:9, 47:11 Hosea 14:5, 5:13, 6:1, 11:3, 7:1 Zechariah 11:16 Psalms 30:3, 6:3, 41:5, 60:4, 107:20, 147:3, 103:3 Job 13:4, 5:18 Lamentations 2:13 Ecclesiastes 3:3 2 Chronicles 22:6, 30:20, 7:14, 16:12

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