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Lexicon :: Strong's H2778 - ḥārap̄

Aa
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).
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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 - If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:18 - It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - So he came to the men of Succoth and said, Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, on account of whom you made sport of me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand, that we are to give bread to your army who are overcome with weariness?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:10 - And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:25 - And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26 - And David said to the men near him, What will be done to the man who overcomes this Philistine and takes away the shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine, a man without circumcision, that he has put shame on the armies of the living God?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:36 - Your servant has overcome lion and bear: and the fate of this Philistine, who is without circumcision, will be like theirs, seeing that he has put shame on the armies of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:45 - Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:21 - And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:9 - After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:16 - Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:22 - Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:23 - You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods; I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 20:7 - And when he put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimea, David's brother, put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:17 - And he sent letters, in addition, to put shame on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to say evil against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not been able to keep their people safe from my hands, no more will the God of Hezekiah keep his people safe from my hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:13 - For this reason they had given him money, in order that I might be overcome by fear and do what he said and do wrong, and so they would have reason to say evil about me and put shame on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:6 - I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:10 - The cruel words of my haters are like a crushing of my bones; when they say to me every day, Where is your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:16 - Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:12 - For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:3 - He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:9 - I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 - O God, how long will those who are against us say cruel things? will the hater go on looking down on your name for ever?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 - Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:12 - And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:51 - The bitter words of your haters, O Lord, shaming the footsteps of your king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:8 - My haters say evil of me all day; those who are violent against me make use of my name as a curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:42 - So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 - Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:11 - My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:6 - They will be for the birds of the mountains, and for the beasts of the earth: the birds will come down on them in the summer, and the beasts of the earth in the winter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so make your prayer for the rest of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:17 - Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23 - Against whom have you said evil and bitter things? and against whom has your voice been loud and your eyes lifted up? even against the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:24 - You have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - For their sins and the sins of their fathers, who were burning perfumes on the mountains, and saying evil things against me on the hills: so I will take the measure of their sins, and will send the punishment for them into their breast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:8 - My ears have been open to the bitter words of Moab and the words of shame of the children of Ammon, which they have said against my people, lifting themselves up against the limit of their land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:10 - This will be their fate because of their pride, because they have said evil, lifting themselves up against the people of the Lord of armies.
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