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Lexicon :: Strong's H2778 - ḥārap̄

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חָרַף
Transliteration
ḥārap̄
Pronunciation
khaw-raf'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 749,750,751

Strong’s Definitions

חָרַף châraph, khaw-raf'; a primitive root; also denominative (from H2779) to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend the winter:—betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H2778 in the following manner: reproach (27x), defy (8x), betrothed (1x), blasphemed (1x), jeoparded (1x), rail (1x), upbraid (1x), winter (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H2778 in the following manner: reproach (27x), defy (8x), betrothed (1x), blasphemed (1x), jeoparded (1x), rail (1x), upbraid (1x), winter (1x).

  1. to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid

    1. (Qal) to reproach

    2. (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt

  2. (Qal) to winter, spend harvest time, remain in harvest time

  3. (Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָרַף châraph, khaw-raf'; a primitive root; also denominative (from H2779) to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping); specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender); figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame; to spend the winter:—betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
STRONGS H2778: Abbreviations
† I. [חָרַף] verb reproach (Late Hebrew Pi. id.; Aramaic חֲרַף id., Perfo sharpen, Pycrfo sharp, keen, acute); —
Qal Imperfect לֹאיֶֿחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָ֑י Job 27:6; Participle suffix חֹרְפִי Psalm 119:42; Proverbs 27:11; חוֺרְפֶיךָ Psalm 69:10.
Piel Perfect חֵרֵף Judges 5:18 + 6 times; חֵרַפְתָּ Isaiah 37:23 + 4 times etc. + 10 times perfect; Imperfect יְחָרֵף 2 Samuel 21:21; 1 Chronicles 20:7; יְחָ֫רֶף Psalm 74:10 + 2 times suffix; Infinitive לְחָרֵף Isaiah 37:4 + 5 times; בְּחָֽרְפָם 2 Samuel 23:9 (but see below); Participle מְחָרֵף Psalm 44:17; — reproach, — properly say sharp things against, — taunt, with accusative Judges 8:15; 1 Samuel 17:10, 25, 26, 36, 45; 2 Samuel 21:21 + 1 Chronicles 20:7; God, by injustice to the poor Proverbs 14:31; Proverbs 17:5; Yahweh, by idolatry Isaiah 65:7; Yahweh as the God of Israel 2 Kings 19:4, 16, 22, 23 ＝Isaiah 37:4; Isaiah 37:17; Isaiah 37:23; Isaiah 37:24 ＝2 Chronicles 32:17 (with לְ); with בְּ, Philistines 2 Samuel 23:9 MT (but read בְּפַס דַּמִּים at Pas-dammîm, proper name, of a location, as 1 Chronicles 11:12 We Dr); reproach, Nehemiah 6:13 Psalm 42:11 [Psalm 42:10]; Psalm 44:17 [Psalm 44:16]; Psalm 55:13 [Psalm 55:12]; Psalm 57:4 [Psalm 57:3]; Psalm 74:10; Psalm 74:18; Psalm 79:12; Psalm 89:52 [Psalm 89:51] (twice in verse); Psalm 102:9 [Psalm 102:8]; Zephaniah 2:8, 10; in poetry and figurative, despise, scorn, נפשׁ למוּת ח׳ Judges 5:18.

III. [חָרַף] verb denominative remain in harvest-time (so Arabic خَرَفَ; English to winter) — only
Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular כָּלבֶּֿהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָ֑ף Isaiah 18:6 all the beasts of the earth shall spend the harvest-time upon it.

† IV. [חָרַף] verb acquire (compare Arabic حَرَفَ turn a thing from its proper way or manner, but also gain, acquire [subsistence] for one's family) — only
Niph. Participle feminine שִׁפְחָה נֶחֱרֶפֶת לְאִישׁ a maidservant acquired for a man (namely as his concubine) Leviticus 19:26 (H; compare Late Hebrew חֲרוּפָה of woman designated for a man).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:26

Judges

5:18; 5:18; 8:15

1 Samuel

17:10; 17:25; 17:26; 17:36; 17:45

2 Samuel

21:21; 21:21; 23:9; 23:9

2 Kings

19:4; 19:16; 19:22; 19:23

1 Chronicles

11:12; 20:7; 20:7

2 Chronicles

32:17

Nehemiah

6:13

Job

27:6

Psalms

42:10; 44:16; 44:17; 44:17; 55:12; 57:3; 69:10; 74:10; 74:10; 74:18; 79:12; 89:51; 89:52; 102:8; 119:42

Proverbs

14:31; 17:5; 27:11

Isaiah

18:6; 37:4; 37:4; 37:17; 37:23; 37:23; 37:24; 65:7

Zephaniah

2:8; 2:10

H2778

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Strong's Number H2778 matches the Hebrew חָרַף (ḥārap̄),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:18 - “Zebulun H2074 was a people H5971 who despised H2778 their lives H5315 even to death, H4191
And Naphtali H5321 also, on the high H4791 places H4791 of the field. H7704

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - He came H935 to the men H376 of Succoth H5523 and said, H559 “Behold H2009 Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna, H6759 concerning whom H834 you taunted H2778 me, saying, H559 ‘[fn]Are the hands H3709 of Zebah H2078 and Zalmunna H6759 already H6258 in your hand, H3027 that we should give H5414 bread H3899 to your men H376 who are weary?’” H3287

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:10 - Again the Philistine H6430 said, H559 “I defy H2778 the ranks H4634 of Israel H3478 this H2088 day; H3117 give H5414 me a man H376 that we may fight H3898 together.” H3162

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - The men H376 of Israel H3478 said, H559 “Have you seen H7200 this H2088 man H376 who is coming H5927 up? Surely H3588 he is coming H5927 up to defy H2778 Israel. H3478 And it will be that the king H4428 will enrich H6238 the man H376 who H834 kills H5221 him with great H1419 riches H6239 and will give H5414 him his daughter H1323 and make H6213 his father’s H1 house H1004 [fn]free H2670 in Israel.” H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - Then David H1732 spoke H559 to the men H376 who were standing H5975 by him, saying, H559 “What H4100 will be done H6213 for the man H376 who H834 kills H5221 this H1975 Philistine H6430 and takes H5493 away H5493 the reproach H2781 from Israel? H3478 For who H4310 is this H2088 uncircumcised H6189 Philistine, H6430 that he should taunt H2778 the armies H4634 of the living H2416 God?” H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - “Your servant H5650 has [fn]killed H5221 both H1571 the lion H738 and the bear; H1677 and this H2088 uncircumcised H6189 Philistine H6430 will be like one H259 of them, since H3588 he has taunted H2778 the armies H4634 of the living H2416 God.” H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then David H1732 said H559 to the Philistine, H6430 “You come H935 to me with a sword, H2719 a spear, H2595 and a javelin, H3591 but I come H935 to you in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 the God H430 of the armies H4634 of Israel, H3478 whom H834 you have taunted. H2778

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:21 - When he defied H2778 Israel, H3478 Jonathan H3083 the son H1121 of Shimei, H8096 David’s H1732 brother, H251 struck H5221 him down. H5221

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - and after H310 him was Eleazar H499 the son H1121 of Dodo H1734 the Ahohite, H266 one of the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368 with David H1732 when they [fn]defied H2778 the Philistines H6430 who were gathered H622 there H8033 to battle H4421 and the men H376 of Israel H3478 had [fn]withdrawn. H5927

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will hear H8085 all H3605 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh, H7262 whom H834 his master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 has sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God, H430 and will rebuke H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has heard. H8085 Therefore, offer H5375 a prayer H8605 for the remnant H7611 that is left.’” H4672

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - “Incline H5186 Your ear, H241 O LORD, H3068 and hear; H8085 open H6491 Your eyes, H5869 O LORD, H3068 and see; H7200 and listen H8085 to the words H1697 of Sennacherib, H5576 which H834 he has sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - ‘Whom H4310 have you reproached H2778 and blasphemed? H1442
And against H5921 whom H4310 have you raised H7311 your voice, H6963
And [fn]haughtily H4791 lifted H5375 up your eyes? H5869
Against H5921 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel! H3478

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - ‘Through H3027 your messengers H4397 you have reproached H2778 the Lord, H136
And you have said, H559 “With my many H7230 chariots H7393
I came H5927 up to the heights H4791 of the mountains, H2022
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon; H3844
And I [fn]cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 cypresses. H1265
And I [fn]entered H935 its farthest H7093 lodging H4411 place, H4411 its thickest H3759 forest. H3293

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:7 - When he taunted H2778 Israel, H3478 Jonathan H3083 the son H1121 of Shimea, H8092 David’s H1732 brother, H251 [fn]killed H5221 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - He also wrote H3789 letters H5612 to insult H2778 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 and to speak H559 against H5921 Him, saying, H559 “As the gods H430 of the nations H1471 of the lands H776 [fn]have not delivered H5337 their people H5971 from my hand, H3027 so H3651 the God H430 of Hezekiah H2396 will not deliver H5337 His people H5971 from my hand.” H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - He was hired H7936 for this H4616 reason, H4616 that I might become H3372 frightened H3372 and act H6213 accordingly H3651 and sin, H2398 so that they might have H1961 an evil H7451 report H8034 in order H4616 that they could reproach H2778 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - “I hold H2388 fast H2388 my righteousness H6666 and will not let H7503 it go. H7503
My heart H3824 does not reproach H2778 any H4480 of my days. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - As a shattering H7524 of my bones, H6106 my adversaries H6887 revile H2778 me,
While they say H559 to me all H3605 day H3117 long, “Where H346 is your God?” H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 - Because H4480 of the voice H6963 of him who reproaches H2778 and reviles, H1442
Because H4480 of the presence H6440 of the enemy H340 and the avenger. H5358

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 - For it is not an enemy H340 who reproaches H2778 me,
Then I could bear H5375 it;
Nor H3808 is it one who hates H8130 me who has exalted H1431 himself against H5921 me,
Then I could hide H5641 myself from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He will send H7971 from heaven H8064 and save H3467 me;
He reproaches H2778 him who [fn]tramples H7602 upon me. [fn]Selah. H5542
God H430 will send H7971 forth His lovingkindness H2617 and His [fn]truth. H571

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9 - For zeal H7068 for Your house H1004 has consumed H398 me,
And the reproaches H2781 of those who reproach H2778 You have fallen H5307 on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How H4970 long, H5704 H4970 O God, H430 will the adversary H6862 revile, H2778
And the enemy H340 spurn H5006 Your name H8034 forever? H5331

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember H2142 this, H2088 [fn]O LORD, H3068 that the enemy H340 has reviled, H2778
And a foolish H5036 people H5971 has spurned H5006 Your name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - And return H7725 to our neighbors H7934 sevenfold H7659 into their bosom H2436
[fn]The reproach H2781 with which H834 they have reproached H2778 You, O Lord. H136

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51 - With which H834 Your enemies H340 have reproached, H2778 O LORD, H3068
With which H834 they have reproached H2778 the footsteps H6119 of Your anointed. H4899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8 - My enemies H340 have reproached H2778 me all H3605 day H3117 long;
Those who [fn]deride H1984 me [fn]have used H7650 my name as a curse. H7650

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42 - So I will have H6030 an answer H6030 H1697 for him who reproaches H2778 me,
For I trust H982 in Your word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - He who oppresses H6231 the poor H1800 taunts H2778 his Maker, H6213
But he who is gracious H2603 to the needy H34 honors H3513 Him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - He who mocks H3932 the poor H7326 taunts H2778 his Maker; H6213
He who rejoices H8056 at calamity H343 will not go H5352 unpunished. H5352

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Be wise, H2449 my son, H1121 and make H8055 my heart H3820 glad, H8055
That I may reply H7725 H1697 to him who reproaches H2778 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:6 - They will be left H5800 together H3162 for mountain H2022 birds H5861 of prey, H5861
And for the beasts H929 of the earth; H776
And the birds H5861 of prey H5861 will spend H6972 the summer H6972 feeding on them,
And all H3605 the beasts H929 of the earth H776 will spend H2778 harvest H2778 time H2778 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - ‘Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will hear H8085 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh, H7262 whom H834 his master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 has sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God, H430 and will rebuke H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has heard. H8085 Therefore, offer H5375 a prayer H8605 for the remnant H7611 that is left.’” H4672

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:17 - “Incline H5186 Your ear, H241 O LORD, H3068 and hear; H8085 open H6491 Your eyes, H5869 O LORD, H3068 and see; H7200 and listen H8085 to all H3605 the words H1697 of Sennacherib, H5576 who sent H7971 them to reproach H2778 the living H2416 God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23 - “Whom H4310 have you reproached H2778 and blasphemed? H1442
And against H5921 whom H4310 have you raised H7311 your voice H6963
And [fn]haughtily H4791 lifted H5375 up your eyes? H5869
Against H413 the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel! H3478

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - “Through H3027 your servants H5650 you have reproached H2778 the Lord, H136
And you have said, H559 ‘With my many H7230 chariots H7393 I came H5927 up to the heights H4791 of the mountains, H2022
To the remotest H3411 parts H3411 of Lebanon; H3844
And I cut H3772 down H3772 its tall H6967 cedars H730 and its choice H4004 cypresses. H1265
And I will go H935 to its [fn]highest H7093 peak, H7093 its thickest H3759 forest. H3293

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - Both [fn]their own iniquities H5771 and the iniquities H5771 of their fathers H1 together,” H3162 says H559 the LORD. H3068
“Because H834 they have burned H6999 incense H6999 on the mountains H2022
And scorned H2778 Me on the hills, H1389
Therefore I will measure H4058 their former H7223 work H6468 into their bosom.” H2436

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - “I have heard H8085 the [fn]taunting H2781 of Moab H4124
And the revilings H1421 of the sons H1121 of Ammon, H5983
With which H834 they have [fn]taunted H2778 My people H5971
And [fn]become H1431 arrogant H1431 against H5921 their territory. H1366

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This H2088 they will have in return H8478 for their pride, H1347 because H3588 they have [fn]taunted H2778 and [fn]become H1431 arrogant H1431 against H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 of hosts. H6635
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