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rā´fa (רפ×, raÌ„phaÌ„'):
(1) In the Revised Version margin these names are substituted for “the giant†in , , and in , , , . The latter passage states that certain champions of the Philistines who were slain by David's warriors had been born to the rāphāh in Gath. The text is corrupt; Raphah is probably an eponym. Originally the name of one of the Philistines who was of the body “Rephaites†stood in the text. The plural of this word, or at least a plural of this stem, is REPHAIM (which see).
(2) Raphah (the King James Version “Raphaâ€), a descendant of Saul (). See REPHAIAH.