חֶרְפָּה cherpah

Hebrew word for “reproach” · Strong’s H2781 · used 73 times in 72 verses

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Meaning

1) reproach, scorn; 1a) taunt, scorn (upon enemy); 1b) reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace); 1c) a reproach (an object)

How it is translated

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

• reproach 62
• scorn 4
• disgrace 3
• reproaches 3
• have become a reproach 1

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 69 (5), Psalms 79 (2), Psalms 89 (2), Psalms 119 (2), Jeremiah 44 (2), Lamentations 3 (2), Ezekiel 5 (2), Ezekiel 36 (2), Joel 2 (2), Genesis 30 (1)

Forms

• חרפה 20
• חרפת 11
• לחרפה 7
• חרפתי 6
• ולחרפה 5
• חרפתם 4
• וחרפת 4
• בחרפה 2
• לחרפות 2
• חרפתך 2

Words used with it

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

• גּוֹי goy “nation” 10
• שָׁכֵן shakhen “neighboring” 5
• כְּלִמָּה kelimmah “shame” 5
• קְלָלָה qelalah “curse” 5
• שַׁמָּה shammah “horror” 5
• קֶלֶס qeles “derision” 3
• בּוֹשׁ bush “be ashamed” 5
• סָבִיב saviv “around” 6
• חָרַף charaph “to taunt” 4
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 7
• רַע ra “bad” 7
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 8

Key verses

The verses using cherpah 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…
• Nehemiah 1:3 — And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is…
• Psalms 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.
• Isaiah 25:8 — He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the…
• Isaiah 51:7 — Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
• Jeremiah 6:10 — To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto…
• Jeremiah 15:15 — O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have…
• Jeremiah 24:9 — And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places…
• Daniel 9:16 — O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for…
• Daniel 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
• Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to…
• Micah 6:16 — For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the…

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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.