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6/29/2025, 10:18:02 AM
>>17800096
>Rephaim derives from “Rapha”, which means to heal, mend or repair
>The term Rephaim strongly suggests that the progenitor of the race was the first rapha (healed or healer). The term Rephaim is usually considered to be from the root [רפא [ meaning “to heal” and is generally understood to mean healers or “disease free”. The linguistic link between Rephaim and the root R.P., 'to heal', is “found in the LXX of Isa 26:14 and Ps 88:11: ‘The healers (iatroi) will not rise up’… the Rephaim, by virtue of their connections with the netherworld, were healers par excellence.” This definition “healers” was accepted as the ancient definition and is accepted by most scholars
>However, why were the Rephaim known as healers? The notion of healing had to come from somewhere, but we clearly see in Scripture that Rephaim were known as Nephilim or giants. We only see Rephaim after the Flood. The Nephilim and gibborim are translated as gigantes in the LXX. Nimrod was therefore, the first of the Rephaim. That is, he was the first “healer”
>Some Bible scholars, such as Professor Ronald Hendel of the University of California, have concluded that Nimrod is nothing more than a distortion of Ninurta, the god of farming, the planet Saturn, healing, hunting, law, scribes and war in Mesopotamian religions, the son of the gods Enlil and Ninhursag. The evidence for this is based on how the first Assyrian conqueror of note was Tukulti-Ninurta I, who seems very likely that he served as the original inspiration for the Greek legend of Ninus
>In the Greek legend, Ninus singlehandedly founds Nineveh, conquers all of Babylonia and Armenia, and the nomadic regions to the east as well, founding the Assyrian Empire. In analogous fashion, "Ninurta" became "Nimrod" to the editors of Genesis
>Rephaim derives from “Rapha”, which means to heal, mend or repair
>The term Rephaim strongly suggests that the progenitor of the race was the first rapha (healed or healer). The term Rephaim is usually considered to be from the root [רפא [ meaning “to heal” and is generally understood to mean healers or “disease free”. The linguistic link between Rephaim and the root R.P., 'to heal', is “found in the LXX of Isa 26:14 and Ps 88:11: ‘The healers (iatroi) will not rise up’… the Rephaim, by virtue of their connections with the netherworld, were healers par excellence.” This definition “healers” was accepted as the ancient definition and is accepted by most scholars
>However, why were the Rephaim known as healers? The notion of healing had to come from somewhere, but we clearly see in Scripture that Rephaim were known as Nephilim or giants. We only see Rephaim after the Flood. The Nephilim and gibborim are translated as gigantes in the LXX. Nimrod was therefore, the first of the Rephaim. That is, he was the first “healer”
>Some Bible scholars, such as Professor Ronald Hendel of the University of California, have concluded that Nimrod is nothing more than a distortion of Ninurta, the god of farming, the planet Saturn, healing, hunting, law, scribes and war in Mesopotamian religions, the son of the gods Enlil and Ninhursag. The evidence for this is based on how the first Assyrian conqueror of note was Tukulti-Ninurta I, who seems very likely that he served as the original inspiration for the Greek legend of Ninus
>In the Greek legend, Ninus singlehandedly founds Nineveh, conquers all of Babylonia and Armenia, and the nomadic regions to the east as well, founding the Assyrian Empire. In analogous fashion, "Ninurta" became "Nimrod" to the editors of Genesis
6/29/2025, 10:16:40 AM
>>17800023
>Rephaim derives from “Rapha”, which means to heal, mend or repair
>The term Rephaim strongly suggests that the progenitor of the race was the first rapha (healed or healer). The term Rephaim is usually considered to be from the root [רפא [ meaning “to heal” and is generally understood to mean healers or “disease free”. The linguistic link between Rephaim and the root R.P., 'to heal', is “found in the LXX of Isa 26:14 and Ps 88:11: ‘The healers (iatroi) will not rise up’… the Rephaim, by virtue of their connections with the netherworld, were healers par excellence.” This definition “healers” was accepted as the ancient definition and is accepted by most scholars
>However, why were the Rephaim known as healers? The notion of healing had to come from somewhere, but we clearly see in Scripture that Rephaim were known as Nephilim or giants. We only see Rephaim after the Flood. The Nephilim and gibborim are translated as gigantes in the LXX. Nimrod was therefore, the first of the Rephaim. That is, he was the first “healer”
>Some Bible scholars, such as Professor Ronald Hendel of the University of California, have concluded that Nimrod is nothing more than a distortion of Ninurta, the god of farming, the planet Saturn, healing, hunting, law, scribes and war in Mesopotamian religions, the son of the gods Enlil and Ninhursag. The evidence for this is based on how the first Assyrian conqueror of note was Tukulti-Ninurta I, who seems very likely that he served as the original inspiration for the Greek legend of Ninus
>In the Greek legend, Ninus singlehandedly founds Nineveh, conquers all of Babylonia and Armenia, and the nomadic regions to the east as well, founding the Assyrian Empire. In analogous fashion, "Ninurta" became "Nimrod" to the editors of Genesis
>Rephaim derives from “Rapha”, which means to heal, mend or repair
>The term Rephaim strongly suggests that the progenitor of the race was the first rapha (healed or healer). The term Rephaim is usually considered to be from the root [רפא [ meaning “to heal” and is generally understood to mean healers or “disease free”. The linguistic link between Rephaim and the root R.P., 'to heal', is “found in the LXX of Isa 26:14 and Ps 88:11: ‘The healers (iatroi) will not rise up’… the Rephaim, by virtue of their connections with the netherworld, were healers par excellence.” This definition “healers” was accepted as the ancient definition and is accepted by most scholars
>However, why were the Rephaim known as healers? The notion of healing had to come from somewhere, but we clearly see in Scripture that Rephaim were known as Nephilim or giants. We only see Rephaim after the Flood. The Nephilim and gibborim are translated as gigantes in the LXX. Nimrod was therefore, the first of the Rephaim. That is, he was the first “healer”
>Some Bible scholars, such as Professor Ronald Hendel of the University of California, have concluded that Nimrod is nothing more than a distortion of Ninurta, the god of farming, the planet Saturn, healing, hunting, law, scribes and war in Mesopotamian religions, the son of the gods Enlil and Ninhursag. The evidence for this is based on how the first Assyrian conqueror of note was Tukulti-Ninurta I, who seems very likely that he served as the original inspiration for the Greek legend of Ninus
>In the Greek legend, Ninus singlehandedly founds Nineveh, conquers all of Babylonia and Armenia, and the nomadic regions to the east as well, founding the Assyrian Empire. In analogous fashion, "Ninurta" became "Nimrod" to the editors of Genesis
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