Strong's Lexicon

H2781

H2781 — חֶרפָּה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewcherpahnoun femOccurrences: 73TWOT: 749a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H2781
Word:חֶרפָּה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H2778
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:73
Transliteration:cherpah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:kher-paw'
Meaning:1. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
KJV Renderings:rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.

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חֶרְפָּה noun feminine reproach׳ ח Gen 34:14 + 35 t.; construct חֶרְפַּת Josh 5:9 + 15 t.; suffix חֶרְפָּֽתְךָ Ps 74:22 etc. + 17 t. suffixes; plural חֲרָפוֺת Ps 69:11; Dan 12:2 construct חֶרְפּוֺת Ps 69:10. —

1. taunt of enemy 1Sam 17:26 so also 1Sam 25:39 reproach cast upon another, scorn, contumely Neh 3:36; Neh 5:9; Ps 69:20; Ps 69:21; Ps 71:13; Ps 89:51; Ps 119:22 ; Prov 18:3 ; Isa 51:7 ; Ezek 21:33 ׳ שׁמע ח Jer 51:51; Zeph 2:8; Lam 3:61 על ׳ נתן ח Jer 23:40 על ׳ נשׂא ח Ps 15:3 (slander); ׳ נשׂא ח Jer 31:19; Ezek 36:15 ; Mic 6:16 (reproach); נשׂא על ׳ ח bear reproach for Ps 69:8; Jer 15:15; Zeph 3:18 ׳ השׁיב ח Hos 12:15; Neh 3:36 ׳ חרף ח Ps 69:10; Ps 79:12; Ps 89:51 מעל ׳ הסיר ח 1Sam 17:26; Isa 25:8 ׳ העביר ח Ps 119:39 reproaches against God Ps 69:10 (חֶרְפּוֺת חוֺרְפֶיךָ), Ps 74:22; Ps 79:12.
2. reproach which rests upon one, condition of shame, disgrace:
a. sexual 2Sam 13:13; Isa 47:3; Ezek 16:57; Prov 6:33.
b. barrenness of womb Gen 30:23 ( E ) Isa 4:1 widowhood Isa 54:4 .
c. hunger Ezek 36:30 disease Job 19:5.
d. ritual, uncircumcision Gen 34:14 ( P ) Josh 5:9 ( J E ).
e. injuries from enemies Lam 3:30; Lam 5:1; Neh 1:3; Neh 2:7; Job 16:10; Dan 11:18 (twice in verse).
3. a reproach, the object of reproach, the person of thing reproached חֶרְפַּת אָדָם a reproach of man Ps 22:7 נבל ׳ ח Ps 39:9 ׳ ל ׳ היה ח become an object of reproach to Ps 31:12; Ps 79:4; Ps 89:42; Ps 109:25 ; Ezek 5:15 ׅ ׳ (היה) לח (ל Isa 30:5; Jer 6:10; Jer 20:8; Jer 42:18; Jer 44:8; Jer 44:12; Jer 49:13; Ps 69:11; Dan 9:16; Dan 12:2 ׅ ׳ ׳ נתן ח Ezek 22:4; Joel 2:19; Ps 78:66 ׳ נתן לח Jer 24:9; Jer 29:18; Ezek 5:14; Josh 2:17 ׳ ל ׳ שׂים ח Ps 44:14 על ׳ שׂים ח 1Sam 11:2.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חרפה (gher-pah’)

Joshua 5:9

KJV: And the Lord said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.Gilgal: that is Rolling
EHCC: have ] rolled away the reproach ¥

1 Samuel 11:2

KJV: And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
EHCC: lay it (for) a reproach upon all Israel.

1 Samuel 17:26

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?
EHCC: taketh away the reproach from Israel?

1 Samuel 25:39

KJV: And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
EHCC: hath pleaded the cause of my reproach

Nehemiah 1:3

KJV: And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
EHCC: in great affliction and reproach:

Nehemiah 2:17

KJV: Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
EHCC: that we be no more a reproach.

Nehemiah 4:4

KJV: Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:despised: Heb. despite
EHCC: (3:36).turn their reproach upon their

Job 16:10

KJV: They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
EHCC: smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully ;

Job 19:5

KJV: If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach:
EHCC: plead against me my reproach :

Psalms 15:3

KJV: He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.taketh…: or, receiveth, or, endureth
EHCC: nor taketh up 4 reproac!

Psalms 81:11

KJV: But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
EHCC: (12).1 was ₪ reproach among all

Psalms 44:18

KJV: Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;steps: or, goings
EHCC: (14). Thou makest us a reproa

Psalms 69:7

KJV: Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.
EHCC: (8). for thy sake 1 have borne reproach ;

Psalms 71:13

KJV: Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
EHCC: let them be covered (with) reproach

Psalms 74:22

KJV: Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
EHCC: how the foolish man reproacheth thee (lit.

Psalms 79:4

KJV: We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
EHCC: We are become a reproach

Psalms 89:41

KJV: All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
EHCC: (42). he is a reproach to hia neighbours.

Psalms 109:95

EHCC: 1 became also a reproach unto them:

Psalms 119:99

KJV: I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
EHCC: Remove from me reproach

Proverbs 6:33

KJV: A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
EHCC: and his reproach shall not be wiped

Proverbs 18:8

KJV: The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.talebearer: or, whispereras wounds: or, like as when men are woundedinnermost…: Heb. chambers
EHCC: with ignominy reproach. .

Isaiah 25:340

EHCC: 4 the rebuke of his people

Isaiah 80:5

EHCC: buta shame and also a reproach. (lit. for

Isaiah 47:3

KJV: Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man.
EHCC: yen hy athe rnroeeh arnt

Isaiah 51:7

KJV: Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
EHCC: fear ye not of'men,

Isaiah 54:4

KJV: Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
EHCC: and dhale Not remember he reproach of

Jeremiah 6:10

KJV: To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
EHCC: the word of ag Lord is unto them a

Jeremiah 15:15

KJV: O Lord, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
EHCC: for thy ‘ato trade suffered sete.

Jeremiah 20:8

KJV: For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the Lord was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
EHCC: word of the Lord was made a reproach

Jeremiah 23:40

KJV: And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten.
EHCC: bring un everlasting reproach

Jeremiah 24:9

KJV: And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.to be removed: Heb. for removing, or, vexation
EHCC: 4 reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a

Jeremiah 29:18

KJV: And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:to be a curse: Heb. for a curse
EHCC: an hissing, and a reproach,

Jeremiah 31:19

KJV: Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
EHCC: 1 did bear the reproach of my youth,

Jeremiah 42:18

KJV: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more.
EHCC: an astonishment, and a curse, and a

Jeremiah 44:8

KJV: In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
EHCC: curse and a reproach among all the

Jeremiah 49:13

KJV: For I have sworn by myself, saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
EHCC: Bozrah ah bere me a desolation, a

Jeremiah 51:51

KJV: We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the Lord’s house.
EHCC: because we have heard Ene

Lamentations 3:30

KJV: He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
EHCC: he is filled full with reproach.

Lamentations 16:57

EHCC: as at the time of (thy) reproach ם

Lamentations 21:28

EHCC: (33). concerning their reproach ; 2

Lamentations 22:4

EHCC: have I made thee a reproach

Lamentations 36:15

EHCC: neither shalt thou bear the reproach oj

Daniel 9:16

KJV: O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
EHCC: tby people (are become) a reproach (lit.

Daniel 11:18

KJV: After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.for…: Heb. for himthe reproach…: Heb. his reproach
EHCC: 8811 cause the reproach offered by him

Daniel 12:2

KJV: And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
EHCC: s0me to shame (ant D everlasting contempt,

Hosea 12:14

KJV: Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him.most…: Heb. with bitternessesblood: Heb. bloods
EHCC: (15).and his reproach shall his

Joel 2:17

KJV: Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?rule over: or, use a byword against
EHCC: -give not thine heritage to reproach,

Joel 19:1

EHCC: will no more make you a reproach

Micah 6:16

KJV: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.For the…: or, For he doth much keep the, etcdesolation: or, astonishment
EHCC: therefore ye shall bear the 7

Zephaniah 2:8

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.
EHCC: 1 have heard the reproach of Moab,

Zephaniah 8:18

EHCC: the reproach of it (was) a burden.
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