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Lexicon :: Strong's H2781 - ḥerpâ

Aa
חֶרְפָּה
Transliteration
ḥerpâ
Pronunciation
kher-paw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 749a

Strong’s Definitions

חֶרְפָּה cherpâh, kher-paw'; from H2778; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda:—rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x

The KJV translates Strong's H2781 in the following manner: reproach (67x), shame (3x), rebuke (2x), reproachfully (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 73x
The KJV translates Strong's H2781 in the following manner: reproach (67x), shame (3x), rebuke (2x), reproachfully (1x).

  1. reproach, scorn

    1. taunt, scorn (upon enemy)

    2. reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace)

    3. a reproach (an object)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חֶרְפָּה cherpâh, kher-paw'; from H2778; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda:—rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
STRONGS H2781: Abbreviations
† חֶרְפָּה noun feminine reproach — ח׳ Genesis 34:14 + 35 times; construct חֶרְפַּת Joshua 5:9 + 15 times; suffix חֶרְפָּֽתְךָ Psalm 74:22 etc. + 17 times suffixes; plural חֲרָפוֺת Psalm 69:11; Daniel 12:2; construct חֶרְפּוֹת Psalm 69:10. —
1. taunt of enemy 1 Samuel 17:26; so also 1 Samuel 25:39; reproach cast upon another, scorn, contumely Nehemiah 3:36; Nehemiah 5:9; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 69:21; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 89:51; Psalm 119:22; Proverbs 18:3; Isaiah 51:7; Ezekiel 21:33; שׁמע ח׳ Jeremiah 51:51; Zephaniah 2:8; Lamentations 3:61; על נתן ח׳ Jeremiah 23:40; על נשׂא ח׳ Psalm 15:3 (slander); נשׂא ח׳ Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 36:15; Micah 6:16 (reproach); נשׂא על ח׳ bear reproach for Psalm 69:8; Jeremiah 15:15; Zephaniah 3:18; השׁיב ח׳ Hosea 12:15; Nehemiah 3:36; חרף ח׳ Psalm 69:10; Psalm 79:12; Psalm 89:51; מעל הסיר ח׳ 1 Samuel 17:26; Isaiah 25:8; העביר ח׳ Psalm 119:39; reproaches against God Psalm 69:10 (חוֺרְפֶיךָ חֶרְפּוֹת), Psalm 74:22; Psalm 79:12.
2. reproach which rests upon one, condition of shame, disgrace:
a. sexual 2 Samuel 13:13; Isaiah 47:3; Ezekiel 16:57; Proverbs 6:33.
b. barrenness of womb Genesis 30:23 (E) Isaiah 4:1; widowhood Isaiah 54:4.
c. hunger Ezekiel 36:30; disease Job 19:5.
d. ritual, uncircumcision Genesis 34:14 (P) Joshua 5:9 (JE).
e. injuries from enemies Lamentations 3:30; Lamentations 5:1; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:7; Job 16:10; Daniel 11:18 (twice in verse).
3. a reproach, the object of reproach, the person of thing reproached חֶרְמַּת אָדָם a reproach of man Psalm 22:7; נבל ח׳ Psalm 39:9; ל׳ היה ח׳ become an object of reproach to Psalm 31:12; Psalm 79:4; Psalm 89:42; Psalm 109:25; Ezekiel 5:15; ׅ (היה) לח (ל׳ Isaiah 30:5; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 20:8; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:8, 12; Jeremiah 49:13; Psalm 69:11; Daniel 9:16; Daniel 12:2; ׅ (ל׳ נתן ח׳ Ezekiel 22:4; Joel 2:19; Psalm 78:66; נתן לח׳ Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 29:18; Ezekiel 5:14; Joshua 2:17; ל׳ שׂים ח׳ Psalm 44:14; על שׂים ח׳ 1 Samuel 11:2.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:23; 34:14; 34:14

Joshua

2:17; 5:9; 5:9

1 Samuel

11:2; 17:26; 17:26; 25:39

2 Samuel

13:13

Nehemiah

1:3; 2:7; 5:9

Job

16:10; 19:5

Psalms

15:3; 22:7; 31:12; 39:9; 44:14; 69:8; 69:10; 69:10; 69:10; 69:11; 69:11; 69:20; 69:21; 71:13; 74:22; 74:22; 78:66; 79:4; 79:12; 79:12; 89:42; 89:51; 89:51; 109:25; 119:22; 119:39

Proverbs

6:33; 18:3

Isaiah

4:1; 25:8; 30:5; 47:3; 51:7; 54:4

Jeremiah

6:10; 15:15; 20:8; 23:40; 24:9; 29:18; 31:19; 42:18; 44:8; 44:12; 49:13; 51:51

Lamentations

3:30; 3:61; 5:1

Ezekiel

5:14; 5:15; 16:57; 22:4; 36:15; 36:30

Daniel

9:16; 11:18; 12:2; 12:2

Joel

2:19

Micah

6:16

Zephaniah

2:8; 3:18

H2781

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2781 matches the Hebrew חֶרְפָּה (ḥerpâ),
which occurs 73 times in 72 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 30:23–Jer 44:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:23 - And she was with child, and gave birth to a son: and she said, God has taken away my shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:14 - And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:9 - And the Lord said to Joshua, Today the shame of Egypt has been rolled away from you. So that place was named Gilgal, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:26

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 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:13 - What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - They said to me, The small band of Jews now living there in the land are in great trouble and shame: the wall of Jerusalem has been broken down, and its doorways burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then I said to them, You see what a bad condition we are in; how Jerusalem is a waste, and its doorways burned with fire: come, let us get to work, building up the wall of Jerusalem, so that we may no longer be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:4 - Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:9 - And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:10 - Their mouths are open wide against me; the blows of his bitter words are falling on my face; all of them come together in a mass against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:5 - If you make yourselves great against me, using my punishment as an argument against me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 15:3 - Whose tongue is not false, who does no evil to his friend, and does not take away the good name of his neighbour;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:11 - Because of all those who are against me, I have become a word of shame to my neighbours; a cause of shaking the head and a fear to my friends: those who saw me in the street went in flight from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:8 - Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:13 - You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:7 - I have been wounded with sharp words because of you; my face has been covered with shame.

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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 69:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:10 - My bitter weeping, and my going without food, were turned to my shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:19 - You have seen my shame, how I was laughed at and made low; my haters are all before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:20 - My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:13 - Let those who say evil against my soul be overcome and put to shame; let my haters be made low and have no honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:22 - Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:66 - His haters were turned back by his blows and shamed for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:4 - We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.

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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 89:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:41 - All those who come by take away his goods; he is laughed at by his neighbours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:50 - Keep in mind, O Lord, the shame of your servants, and how the bitter words of all the people have come into my heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:25 - As for me, they make sport of me; shaking their heads when they see me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:22 - Take away from me shame and bitter words; for I have kept your unchanging word in my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:39 - Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:33 - Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:3 - When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 4:1 - And in that day seven women will put their hands on one man, saying, There will be no need for you to give us food or clothing, only let us go under your name, so that our shame may be taken away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:8 - He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:5 - For they have all come with offerings to a people of no use to them, in whom is no help or profit, but only shame and a bad name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:3 - The shame of your unclothed condition will be seen by all: I will give punishment without mercy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:7 - Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:10 - To whom am I to give word, witnessing so that they may take note? see, their ears are stopped, and they are not able to give attention: see, the word of the Lord has been a cause of shame to them, they have no delight in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:15 - O Lord, you have knowledge: keep me in mind and come to my help, and give their right reward to those who are attacking me; take me not away, for you are slow to be angry: see how I have undergone shame because of you from all those who make little of your word;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:8 - For every word I say is a cry for help; I say with a loud voice, Violent behaviour and wasting: because the word of the Lord is made a shame to me and a cause of laughing all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:40 - And I will give you a name without honour for ever, and unending shame which will never go from the memory of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 24:9 - I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - Truly, after I had been turned, I had regret for my ways; and after I had got knowledge, I made signs of sorrow: I was put to shame, truly, I was covered with shame, because I had to undergo the shame of my early years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - For this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: As my wrath and passion have been let loose on the people of Jerusalem, so will my passion be let loose on you when you go into Egypt: and you will become an oath and a cause of wonder and a curse and a name of shame; and you will never see this place again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - Moving me to wrath with the work of your hands, burning perfumes to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to make a place for yourselves, so that you may become a curse and a name of shame among all the nations of the earth?

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