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Strong's #2781 - חֶרְפָּה
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- reproach, scorn
- taunt, scorn (upon enemy)
- reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace)
- a reproach (an object)
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2208) prh (ההרפ HhRP) AC: Pierce CO: Winter AB: ?: The piercing cold of winter. [from: lh- piercing]
V) prh (ההרפ HhRP) - I. Taunt:To pierce another with sharp words of reproach, scorn or taunting (see Psalm 42:10) . II. Betrothal:A nose ring is put in the piercing of the nose as a sign of betrothal (see Genesis 24:47) . KJV (41): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) reproach, defy, betroth, blaspheme, jeopardise - Strongs: H2778 (חָרַף)
Nf1) eprh (ההרפה HhRPH) - Piercing: A scorn, taunting or reproach as a piercing. KJV (73): reproach, shame, rebuke, reproachfully - Strongs: H2781 (חֶרְפָּה)
gm) prfh (ההורפ HhWRP) - Winter: The time of the piercing cold. KJV (7): winter, youth, cold - Strongs: H2779 (חֹרֶף)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 taunt of enemy 1 Samuel 17:26; so also 1 Samuel 25:39; reproach cast upon another, scorn, contumely Nehemiah 3:36; Nehemiah 5:9; Psalm 69:20; Psalm 69:21; Psalm 71:13; Psalm 89:51; Psalm 119:22; Proverbs 18:3; Isaiah 51:7; Ezekiel 21:33; ׳שׁמע ח Jeremiah 51:51; Zephaniah 2:8; Lamentations 3:61; על׳נתן ח Jeremiah 23:40; על׳נשׂא ח Psalm 15:3 (slander); ׳נשׂא ח Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 36:15; Micah 6:16 (reproach); נשׂאעל ׳ח bear reproach for Psalm 69:8; Jeremiah 15:15; Zephaniah 3:18; ׳השׁיב ח Hosea 12:15; Nehemiah 3:36; ׳חרף ח Psalm 69:10; Psalm 79:12; Psalm 89:51; מעל׳הסיר ח 1 Samuel 17:26; Isaiah 25:8; ׳העביר ח Psalm 119:39; reproaches against God Psalm 69:10 (חֶרְמּוֺת חוֺרְפֶיךָ), Psalm 74:22; Psalm 79:12.
2 reproach which rests upon one, condition of shame, disgrace:
a. sexual 2 Samuel 13:13; Isaiah 47:3; Ezekiel 16:57; Proverbs 6:33.
b. barrenness of womb Genesis 30:23 (E) Isaiah 4:1; widowhood Isaiah 54:4.
c. hunger Ezekiel 36:30; disease Job 19:5.
d. ritual, uncircumcision Genesis 34:14 (P) Joshua 5:9 (JE).
e. injuries from enemies Lamentations 3:30; Lamentations 5:1; Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:7; Job 16:10; Daniel 11:18 (twice in verse).
3 a reproach, the object of reproach, the person of thing reproached חֶרְמַּת אָדָם a reproach of man Psalm 22:7; נבל׳ח Psalm 39:9; ׳ל׳היה ח become an object of reproach to Psalm 31:12; Psalm 79:4; Psalm 89:42; Psalm 109:25; Ezekiel 5:15; ׅ׳(היה) לח (ל Isaiah 30:5; Jeremiah 6:10; Jeremiah 20:8; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:8,12; Jeremiah 49:13; Psalm 69:11; Daniel 9:16; Daniel 12:2; ׅ׳(ל ׳נתן ח Ezekiel 22:4; Joel 2:19; Psalm 78:66; ׳נתן לח Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 29:18; Ezekiel 5:14; Joshua 2:17; ׳ל׳שׂים ח Psalm 44:14; על׳שׂים ח 1 Samuel 11:2.
II. חרף (√ of following; compare Arabic gather fruit, pluck).
חֶרְפָּה f.
(1) reproach, scorn, contempt
(a) shewn to any one, Job 16:10; Psalms 39:9, 79:12, pass. Micah 6:16, חֶרְפַּת עַמִּי “the reproach of my people,” i.e. the reproach which the people cast upon me
(b) which rests upon any one. Isaiah 54:4, “the reproach of widowhood,” i.e. which rests on widows. Joshua 5:9, “the reproach of Egypt,” i.e. the stigma resting on Israel from the time of their departure out of Egypt, Isaiah 25:8; Jeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 36:30.
(2) Figuratively a person or thing which is despised, Nehemiah 2:17; Psalms 22:7; Joel 2:17, 19 Joel 2:19. Plural חֲרָפוֹת Psalms 69:10; Daniel 12:2.
(3) pudenda, Isaiah 47:3.