חֶרְפָּה
cherpâh · kher-paw'
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2778 (חָרַף);
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the head, the highest › to speak, the word › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of the head, the highest that works to speak, the word that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶרְפָּה 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
73 occurrences · 73 OT · 0 NT · 50 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the reproach8 · 16%
- reproach6 · 12%
- and a reproach5 · 10%
- my reproach3 · 6%
- their reproach3 · 6%
- a reproach3 · 6%
- with reproach2 · 4%
- our reproach2 · 4%
- for that were a reproach1 · 2%
- it for a reproach1 · 2%
- of my reproach1 · 2%
- and i, whither shall i cause my shame1 · 2%
- and reproach1 · 2%
- that we be no more a reproach1 · 2%
- because of the reproach1 · 2%
- reproachfully1 · 2%
- against me my reproach1 · 2%
- i was a reproach1 · 2%
- me not the reproach1 · 2%
- us a reproach1 · 2%
- and the reproaches1 · 2%
- that was to my reproach1 · 2%
- reproacheth1 · 2%
- we are become a reproach1 · 2%
- him: he is a reproach1 · 2%
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.