BDB3146
I. [חָרַף] verb reproach (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Aramaic חֲרַף id., [untranscribed source text 1983] sharpen, [untranscribed source text 1984] sharp, keen, acute); —
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
| Strong's Number: | H2778 |
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| Word: | חָרַף |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primitive root |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 41 |
| Transliteration: | charaph. |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | khaw-raf' |
| Meaning: | 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 |
| KJV Renderings: | betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid. |
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I. [חָרַף] verb reproach (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Aramaic חֲרַף id., [untranscribed source text 1983] sharpen, [untranscribed source text 1984] sharp, keen, acute); —
III. [חָרַף] verb denominative remain in harvest-time (so Arabic [untranscribed source text 1988]; English to winter) — only
IV. [חָרַף] verb acquire (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1990] turn a thing from its proper way or manner, but also gain, acquire [subsistence] for one's family) — only
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke