חָרַף
châraph · khaw-raf'
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
Lexicon
Derivation: 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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- 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 separate and protect › the head, the highest › to speak, the word
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָרַף 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
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to reproach3 · 9%
- reproach3 · 9%
- whom hast thou reproached2 · 6%
- wherewith they have reproached2 · 6%
- him that reproacheth2 · 6%
- reproacheth2 · 6%
- betrothed1 · 3%
- that jeoparded1 · 3%
- with whom ye did upbraid1 · 3%
- i defy1 · 3%
- surely to defy1 · 3%
- that he should defy1 · 3%
- of them, seeing he hath defied1 · 3%
- whom thou hast defied1 · 3%
- and when he defied1 · 3%
- when they defied1 · 3%
- him to reproach1 · 3%
- thou hast reproached1 · 3%
- but when he defied1 · 3%
- to rail1 · 3%
- that they might reproach1 · 3%
- shall not reproach1 · 3%
- of him that reproacheth1 · 3%
- that reproached1 · 3%
- me from the reproach1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.