גָּדַף
gâdaph · gaw-daf'
to hack (with words), i.e. revile
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hack (with words), i.e. revile
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: blaspheme, reproach.
Letters
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to carry, to lift up › the doorway, the way in › to speak, the word
To carry, to lift up of the doorway, the way in that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of גָּדַף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- have blasphemed3 · 43%
- and blasphemed2 · 29%
- the same reproacheth1 · 14%
- and blasphemeth1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.