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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 - "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:18 - Zevulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death, Naftali, on the high places of the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - He came to the men of Sukkot, and said, See Zevach and Tzalmunnah, concerning whom you did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zevach and Tzalmunnah now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:10 - The Pelishti said, I defy the armies of Yisra'el this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - The men of Yisra'el said, Have you seen this man who is come up? surely to defy Yisra'el is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Pelishti, and takes away the reproach from Yisra'el? for who is this uncircumcised Pelishti, that he should defy the armies of the living God?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Your servant struck both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Pelishti shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then said David to the Pelishti, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Yisra'el, whom you have defied.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:21 - When he defied Yisra'el, Yonatan the son of Shim`i, David's brother, killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - After him was El`azar the son of Dodo the son of an Achochi, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Pelishtim who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Yisra'el were gone away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Ravshakeh, whom the king of Ashshur his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - Incline your ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sancheriv, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Levanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:7 - When he defied Yisra'el, Yonatan the son of Shim`a David's brother killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - He wrote also letters, to rail on the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall the God of Hizkiyahu not deliver his people out of my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - As with a sword in my bones, my adversaries reproach me, While they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 - At the taunt of one who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 - For it was not an enemy who insulted me, Then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, Then I would have hid myself from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He will send from heaven, and save me, He rebukes the one who is pursuing me. Selah. God will send out his lovingkindness and his truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9 - For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - How long, God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, LORD. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom Their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51 - With which your enemies have mocked, LORD, With which they have mocked the footsteps of your anointed one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8 - My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:42

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, But he who is kind to the needy honors him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:6 - They shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains, and to the animals of the eretz; and the ravenous birds shall summer on them, and all the animals of the eretz shall winter on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - It may be the LORD your God will hear the words of Ravshakeh, whom the king of Ashshur his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:17 - Turn your ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and behold; and hear all the words of Sancheriv, who has sent to defy the living God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23 - Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - By your servants have you defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Levanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, says the LORD, who have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills; therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - I have heard the reproach of Mo'av, and the insults of the children of `Ammon, with which they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This they will have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of Hosts.
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