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
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 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.
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
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to taunt
Usage: 1) to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid 1a) (Qal) to reproach 1b) (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt
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.
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40 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
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?
First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H2778.
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.
Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
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?
And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
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.
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?
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.
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.
And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.
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.
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.
My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
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:
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.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H2778, grouped by book.
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)
This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's H2778 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H2778 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
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.