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To lean

רָפַקStrong’s H7514

raphaq (ra-phaq)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Raphaq is the Hebrew word usually translated “leaning herself”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.”
Song of Solomon 8:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. To support(Hithpael) to support oneself, lean
How it's translated
  • leaning herself 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Song of Solomon 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    רָפַק raphaq · to lean

    1) to support 1a) (Hithpael) to support oneself, lean

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    LEAN, verb intransitive

    [Gr., Latin clino.]

    1. To deviate or move from a straight or perpendicular line; or to be in a position thus deviating.
    2. To incline or propend; to tend toward.
    3. To bend or incline so as to rest on something; as, to lean against a wall or a pillar; to lean on the arm of another.
    4. To bend; to be in a bending posture.
    All definitions and other forms of “lean”

      LEAN, verb transitive

      1. To incline; to cause to lean
      2. To conceal. [Not in use.]

      LEAN, adjective

      [Latin lenis, and Eng. slender.]

      1. Wanting flesh; meager; not fat; as a lean body; a lean man or animal.
      2. Not rich; destitute of good qualities; bare; barren; as lean earth.
      3. Low; poor; in opposition to rich or great; as a lean action. [Unusual.]
      4. Barren of thought; destitute of that which improves or entertains; jejune; as a lean discourse or dissertation.

      LEAN, noun

      That part of flesh which consists of muscle without the fat.

        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.