חָרַף charaph

Hebrew word for “to taunt” · Strong’s H2778 · used 41 times in 40 verses

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Meaning

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

Senses in the lexicon

• to taunt (39)
• to acquire (1)
• to winter (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for charaph in context, with how often each is used:

• taunted 5
• taunt 5
• have taunted 4
• reproaches 3
• one who taunts 3
• have reproached 3
• defy 2
• has defied 2
• have you taunted 2
• reproached 2
• which it despised 1
• have defied 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 17 (5), 2 Kings 19 (4), Isaiah 37 (4), Psalms 74 (2), Zephaniah 2 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Judges 5 (1), Judges 8 (1), 2 Samuel 21 (1), 2 Samuel 23 (1)

Forms

• חרף 7
• לחרף 6
• חרפת 5
• חרפו 4
• חרפוני 3
• ויחרף 2
• יחרף 2
• חרפי 2
• חרפתם 1
• חרפתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with charaph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מָרוֹם marom “height” 5
• מַעֲרָכָה maarakhah “rank” 4
• אֹיֵב oyev “enemy” 6
• גָּדַף gadaph “to blaspheme” 3
• חַי chay “alive” 6
• חֶרְפָּה cherpah “reproach” 4
• פְּלִשְׁתִּי pelishti “Philistine” 5
• נָכָה nakhah “to smite” 5
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 5
• דָּבָר davar “word” 6
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 5
• דָּוִד david “David” 5

Key verses

The verses using charaph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 17:26 — And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for…
• 1 Samuel 17:36 — Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
• 1 Samuel 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts,…
• 2 Kings 19:4 — It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove…
• 2 Kings 19:22 — Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Psalms 57:3 — He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
• Psalms 69:9 — For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
• Psalms 74:18 — Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
• Proverbs 14:31 — He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
• Isaiah 37:4 — It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the…
• Isaiah 37:23 — Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 37:24 — By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.