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Genesis 14:5

וּ בְ אַרְבַּע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה בָּא כְדָרְלָעֹמֶר וְ הַ מְּלָכִים אֲשֶׁר אִתֹּו וַ יַּכּוּ אֶת רְפָאִים בְּ עַשְׁתְּרֹת קַרְנַיִם וְ אֶת הַ זּוּזִים בְּ הָם וְ אֵת הָ אֵימִים בְּ שָׁוֵה קִרְיָתָיִם
And in four ten of a duplication has come in Handful-of-Sheaves, and the kings who are אֶת-him, and they are smiting אֶת-the Healers520 in Goddesses-of-the-Dual-Horns,521 and אֶת-the Roving Beasts522 in Warm, and אֶת-the Terrors523 in Level-Plain of Two Cities,524
520

Strong’s #7497. Rephaim. From the root rapha (#7495) meaning to heal. Used of physicians and healers. Rophim, physicians, embalmed Israel in Genesis 50:2. Thought of as giants due to Deut. 3:11.