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H2778 חָרַף (châraph) khaw-raf'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; 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; denominative (from 2779) to spend the winter

KJV Usage: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָרַף (cha.raph) — to taunt. 1) to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid 1a) (Qal) to reproach 1b) (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt

חָרַף (cha.raph) — to winter. (Qal) to winter, spend harvest time, remain in harvest time

חָרַף (cha.raph) — to acquire. (Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · חֶרְפָּה · חָרֵף

Shame | verb qal, verb pi | ≈ גדל · גדף · הלל · נאץ

to reproach, to taunt, to insult, to defy, to blaspheme = causative action by which humans make an effort to arouse an emotion of shame in (other) humans or deities; ◄ by their words or actions

JDG 8:15 · 1SA 17:10 · 1SA 17:25 · 1SA 17:26 · 1SA 17:36 · 1SA 17:45 · 2SA 21:21 · 2SA 23:9 · 2KI 19:4 · 2KI 19:16 · 2KI 19:22 · 2KI 19:23 · 1CH 20:7 · 2CH 32:17 · NEH 6:13 · JOB 27:6 · PSA 42:11 · PSA 44:17 · PSA 55:13 · PSA 57:4 · PSA 69:10 · PSA 74:10 · PSA 74:18 · PSA 79:12 · PSA 89:52 · PSA 89:52 · PSA 102:9 · PSA 119:42 · PRO 14:31 · PRO 17:5 · PRO 27:11 · ISA 37:4 · ISA 37:17 · ISA 37:23 · ISA 37:24 · ISA 65:7 · ZEP 2:8 · ZEP 2:10

Confident | verb pi

Collocation: חרף נֶפֶשׁ

to scorn (one's) life > to be very brave literally: to scorn one's life; hence: = state in which humans are extremely courageous ◄ as if one attributes no value to one's life

JDG 5:18

verb

Associate | verb nif

to be engaged to be (someone's) concubine = state in which humans are bound with a promise to be given to marriage to someone

LEV 19:20

verb · חֹרֶף

Time | verb qal | ≠ קיץ

to pass the winter = action by which an animal spends the season of winter engaged in a certain activity

ISA 18:6

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[חָרַף] vb. reproach Qal

Piel. reproach,—prop. say sharp things against,—taunt

base

[חָרַף] vb. denom. remain in harvest time—only Qal Is 18:6 ref

[חָרַף] vb. acquire—only Niph. Lv 19:20 ref

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