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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 BoxLev 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - And if any one lie carnally with a woman, and she should be a home-servant kept for a man, and she has not been ransomed, and her freedom has not been given to her, they shall be visited with punishment; but they shall not die, because she was not set at liberty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:18 - The people Zabulon [fn]exposed their soul to death, and Nephthali came to the high places of their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - And Gedeon came to the princes of Socchoth, and said, Behold Zebee and Salmana, about whom ye reproached me, saying, Are the hands of Zebee and Salmana now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are faint?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:10 - And the Philistine said, Behold, I have defied the armies of Israel this very day: give me a man, and we will both of us fight in single combat.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear, and the uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them: shall I not go and smite him, and remove this day a reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised one, who has defied the army of the living God?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - And David said to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with sword, and with spear, and with shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord God of hosts of the army of Israel, which thou hast defied

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:21 - And he [fn]defied Israel, and Jonathan son of Semei brother of David, smote him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - And after him Eleanan the son of his uncle, son of Dudi who was among the three mighty men with David; and when [fn]he defied the Philistines they were gathered there to war, and the men of Israel went up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - [fn]Peradventure the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rapsakes, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God and to revile him with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: and thou shalt [fn]offer thy prayer for the remnant that is found.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou reviled? and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and raised thine eyes on high? Is it against the Holy One of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By [fn]thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, I will go up with the multitude of my chariots, to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Libanus, and I have cut down the [fn]height of his cedar, and his choice cypresses; and I have come into the midst of the forest and of Carmel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:7 - And he defied Israel, and Jonathan the son of Samaa the brother of David slew him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - And he wrote a letter to reproach the Lord God of Israel, and spoke concerning him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the earth have not delivered their people out of my hand, so the God of Ezekias shall by no means deliver his people out of my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - and Tobias and Sanaballat had hired against me a multitude, that I might be frightened, and do this, and sin, and become to them an ill name, that they might reproach me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - but keeping fast to my righteousness I will by no means let it go: for I am not conscious to myself of having done any thing amiss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - (LXX 41:11) While my bones were breaking, they that afflicted me reproached me; while they said to me daily, Where is thy God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 - (LXX 43:17) because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 - (LXX 54:13) For if an enemy had reproached me, I would have endured it; and if one who hated me had spoken vauntingly against me, I would have hid myself from him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - (LXX 56:4) He sent from heaven and saved me; he gave to reproach them that trampled on me: God has sent forth his mercy and his truth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9 - (LXX 68:10) [fn] For the zeal of thine house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - (LXX 73:10) How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke thy name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - (LXX 73:18) Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, and a foolish people has provoked thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - (LXX 78:12) Repay to our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached thee, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51 - (LXX 88:52) wherewith thine enemies have reviled, O Lord: wherewith they have reviled the recompence of thine anointed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8 - (LXX 101:9) All the day long mine enemies have reproached me; and they that praised me have sworn against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42 - (LXX 118:42) And so I shall render an answer to them that reproach me: for I have trusted in thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - He that laughs at the poor provokes him that made him; and he that rejoices at the destruction of another shall not be held guiltless: but he that has compassion shall find mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Son, be wise, that thy heart may rejoice; and remove thou from thyself reproachful words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:6 - and he shall leave them together to the birds of the sky, and to the wild beasts of the earth: and the fowls of the sky shall be gathered upon them, and all the beasts of the land shall come upon him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - May the Lord thy God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: therefore thou shalt pray to thy Lord for these that are left.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:17 - Incline thine ear, O Lord, hearken, O Lord; open thine eyes, O Lord, look, O Lord: and behold the words of Sennacherim, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23 - Whom hast thou reproached and provoked? and against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice? and hast thou not lifted up thine eyes on high against the Holy One of Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - For thou hast reproached the Lord by messengers; for thou hast said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have [fn]cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - their sins and the sins of their fathers, saith the Lord, who have burnt incense on the mountains, and reproached me on the hills: I will recompense their works into their bosom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - I have heard the revilings of Moab, and the insults of the children of Ammon, wherewith they have reviled my people, and magnified themselves against my coasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.
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