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Relief

רְוָחָהStrong’s H7309

revachah (re-va-chah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Revachah is the Hebrew word usually translated “respite” and “relief my”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.”
Exodus 8:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. Respite, relief
How it's translated
  • the respite 1
  • to relief my 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1
  • Lamentations 1

2 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

רְוָחָה revachah · relief

respite, relief

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “relief” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

RELIE'F, noun

  1. The removal, in whole or in part, of any evil that afflicts the body of mind; the removal or alleviation of pain, grief, want, care, anxiety, toil or distress, or of any thing oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained.
  2. That which mitigates or removes pain, grief or other evil.
  3. The dismission of a sentinel from his post, whose place is supplied by another soldier; also, the person who takes his place.
  4. In sculpture, etc. the projecture or prominence of a figure above or beyond the ground or plane on which it is formed. relief is of three kinds; high relief [alto relievo; ] low relief [basso relievo; ] and demi relief [demi relievo.] The difference is in the degree of projecture.
All definitions
  1. In painting, the appearance of projection, or the degree of boldness which a figure exhibits to the eye at a distance.
  2. In feudal law, a fine or composition which the heir of a tenant, holding by knight's service or other tenure, paid to the lord at the death of the ancestor, for the privilege of taking up the estate which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
  3. A remedy, partial or total, for any wrong suffered; redress; indemnification.
  4. The exposure of any thing by the proximity of something else.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.