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Strong's H2778 חָרַף (charaph)

Charaph means “betroth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G2778 — kensos (“tribute”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H2778
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 40
Books 13

Strong's H2778 Quick Answer

Strong's H2778 חָרַף (charaph.) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. charaph. (khaw-raf') v. 1. to pull off 2. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping) It has 40 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include betrothed. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
charaph. (khaw-raf') v. 1. to pull off 2. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping)
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
betrothed

Meaning and Definition

charaph. (khaw-raf') v. 1. to pull off 2. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping) 3. specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender) 4. (figuratively) to carp at, i.e. defame 5. denominative (from H2779) to spend the winter [a primitive root] KJV: betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid. See also: H2779

Original Word
חָרַף
Transliteration
charaph.
Derivation
Root: חרף
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H2778. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to taunt

Usage: 1) to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid 1a) (Qal) to reproach 1b) (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt

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How Strong's H2778 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render charaph., taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

betrothed Leviticus 19:20

How Strong's H2778 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 40 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H2778 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H2778 in the Old Testament

40 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Leviticus 19:20 KJV

And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Judges 5:18 KJV

Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

Judges 8:15 KJV

And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2778.

Leviticus 19:20 Old Testament, KJV
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
Judges 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
Judges 8:15 Old Testament, KJV
And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
1 Samuel 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
1 Samuel 17:25 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
1 Samuel 17:26 Old Testament, KJV
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
1 Samuel 17:36 Old Testament, KJV
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
1 Samuel 17:45 Old Testament, KJV
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
2 Samuel 21:21 Old Testament, KJV
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
2 Samuel 23:9 Old Testament, KJV
And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:
2 Kings 19:4 Old Testament, KJV
It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.
2 Kings 19:16 Old Testament, KJV
LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.
2 Kings 19:22 Old Testament, KJV
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
2 Kings 19:23 Old Testament, KJV
By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.
1 Chronicles 20:7 Old Testament, KJV
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
2 Chronicles 32:17 Old Testament, KJV
He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.
Nehemiah 6:13 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me.
Job 27:6 Old Testament, KJV
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
Psalms 42:10 Old Testament, KJV
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 44:16 Old Testament, KJV
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
Psalms 55:12 Old Testament, KJV
For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:
Psalms 57:3 Old Testament, KJV
He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
Psalms 69:9 Old Testament, KJV
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Psalms 74:10 Old Testament, KJV
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Psalms 74:18 Old Testament, KJV
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 79:12 Old Testament, KJV
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Psalms 89:51 Old Testament, KJV
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Psalms 102:8 Old Testament, KJV
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
Psalms 119:42 Old Testament, KJV
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
Proverbs 14:31 Old Testament, KJV
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
Proverbs 27:11 Old Testament, KJV
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
Isaiah 18:6 Old Testament, KJV
They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them.
Isaiah 37:4 Old Testament, KJV
It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
Isaiah 37:17 Old Testament, KJV
Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.
Isaiah 37:23 Old Testament, KJV
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 37:24 Old Testament, KJV
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
Isaiah 65:7 Old Testament, KJV
Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.
Zephaniah 2:8 Old Testament, KJV
I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border.
Zephaniah 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2778, grouped by book.

Leviticus 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 4 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 11 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 3 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 6 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H2778 FAQ

What does charaph (חָרַף) mean?

Charaph (Strong's H2778) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "betroth". charaph. (khaw-raf') v. 1. to pull off 2. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping)

How many times is charaph (חָרַף) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's H2778 across 13 books.

Where can I study charaph (חָרַף) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2778 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate charaph (חָרַף)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as betrothed. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.