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cha.raph H2778

חָרַף (cha.raph) means “to taunt” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חָרַף Hebrew · H2778 41 tagged occurrences in 40 verses

Pronunciation guide: khaw-raf' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2778A

חָרַף · cha.raph · to taunt

1) to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid 1a) (Qal) to reproach 1b) (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt

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TBESH · H2778B

חָרַף · cha.raph · to winter

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

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TBESH · H2778C

חָרַף · cha.raph · to acquire

(Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; also denominative (from H2779 (חֹרֶף)) 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

KJV glosses: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.

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How translators render H2778

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
to defy 5
and when he taunted 2
have taunted 2
have you taunted 2
taunt me 2
you have taunted 2
accuse me 1
and scorned me 1
defy 1
discredit me 1
has mocked you 1
have mocked 1
he has defied 1
he rebukes 1
he should defy 1
him who taunts me 1
in winter 1
insults 1
mocking 1
of the scorner 1
of those who insult you 1
promised 1
taunt you 1
taunting 1
taunts 1
they hurled at you 1
to taunt 1
who insults me 1
who risked 1
who taunts 1
you have defied 1
you taunted 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
reproach 3
to reproach 3
him that reproacheth 2
reproacheth 2
wherewith they have reproached 2
whom hast thou reproached 2
and blasphemed 1
and when he defied 1
because they have reproached 1
betrothed 1
but when he defied 1
hast thou reproached 1
hath reproached 1
have reproached 1
him to reproach 1
i defy 1
jeoparded 1
of him that reproacheth 1
of them seeing he hath defied 1
of them that reproached 1
reproached 1
shall not reproach 1
shall winter 1
surely to defy 1
that he should defy 1
that they might reproach 1
the reproach 1
thou hast reproached 1
to rail 1
when they defied 1
whereby they have reproached 1
whom thou hast defied 1
with whom ye did upbraid 1

Verses containing H2778

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  1. Leviticus 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.

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  2. Judges 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Zebulun was a people who risked their lives; Naphtali, too, on the heights of the battlefield.

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  3. Judges 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And Gideon went to the men of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your possession, that we should give bread to your weary men?’”

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  4. 1 Samuel 17:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”

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  5. 1 Samuel 17:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”

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  6. 1 Samuel 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

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  7. 1 Samuel 17:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

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  8. 1 Samuel 17:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

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  9. 2 Samuel 21:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

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  10. 2 Samuel 23:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,

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  11. 2 Kings 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

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  12. 2 Kings 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

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  13. 2 Kings 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

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  14. 2 Kings 19:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.

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  15. 1 Chronicles 20:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of David’s brother Shimei killed him.

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  16. 2 Chronicles 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He also wrote letters mocking the LORD, the God of Israel, and saying against Him: “Just as the gods of the nations did not deliver their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”

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  17. Nehemiah 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He had been hired to intimidate me so that I would sin by doing as he suggested, so they could give me a bad name in order to discredit me.

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  18. Job 27:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.

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  19. Psalms 42:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Like the crushing of my bones, my enemies taunt me, while they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

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    Source alternate reference: 42.11

  20. Psalms 44:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.

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    Source alternate reference: 44.17

  21. Psalms 55:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.

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    Source alternate reference: 55.13

  22. Psalms 57:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and His truth.

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    Source alternate reference: 57.4

  23. Psalms 69:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

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    Source alternate reference: 69.10

  24. Psalms 74:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?

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  25. Psalms 74:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.

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  26. Psalms 79:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

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  27. Psalms 89:51 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!

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    Source alternate reference: 89.52

  28. Psalms 102:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

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    Source alternate reference: 102.9

  29. Psalms 119:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I can answer him who taunts, for I trust in Your word.

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  30. Proverbs 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.

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  31. Proverbs 17:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.

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  32. Proverbs 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.

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  33. Isaiah 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.

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  34. Isaiah 37:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

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  35. Isaiah 37:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

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  36. Isaiah 37:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

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  37. Isaiah 37:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

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  38. Isaiah 65:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”

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  39. Zephaniah 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.

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  40. Zephaniah 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This they shall have in return for their pride, for taunting and mocking the people of the LORD of Hosts.

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