Bible Names

Rephidim: meaning of the name

Rephidim means “beds; places of rest.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Rephidim in Hebrew and Greek

רְפִידִים H7508

Rᵉphîydîym (ref-ee-deem') — Rephidim, a place in the Desert

plural of the masculine of the same as H7507 (רְפִידָה); ballusters;

Places named Rephidim

Rephidim in Scripture

“Rephidim” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • Exodus 17:1

    And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

  • Exodus 17:8

    Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

  • Exodus 19:2

    For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.

  • Numbers 33:14

    And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.

  • Numbers 33:15

    And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.