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HebrewH2781Noun (Feminine)

חֶרְפָּה

cher.pah

58Occurrences
H2781Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

from H2778 (חָרַף);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. reproach, scorn 1a) taunt, scorn (upon enemy) 1b) reproach (resting upon condition of shame, disgrace) 1c) a reproach (an object)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

חֶרְפָּה appears 58 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
12
Psalms
9
Ezk
6
Isaiah
6
1 Samuel
3
Daniel
3
Lamentations
3
Nehemiah
3

Key Passages

1 Samuel 11:2BSB

But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”

Ezk 5:14BSB

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Jeremiah 20:8BSB

For whenever I speak, I cry out;I proclaim violence and destruction.For the word of the LORD has become to mea reproach and derision all day long.

Job 16:10BSB

They open their mouths against meand strike my cheeks with contempt;they join together against me.

Nehemiah 5:9BSB

So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our foreign enemies?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.