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H2778Aחָרַףcha.raph

to tauntPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. Deuteronomy: 0
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 2
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 5
  10. 2
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 4
  13. 1
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 1
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 12
  20. 3
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 5
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. 2
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

Renderings

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Other meanings of H2778

  • H2778Bחָרַףcha.raphto winterH:VOccurrences: 1
  • H2778Cחָרַףcha.raphto acquireH:VOccurrences: 1

39 occurrences in 38 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Judges 5:18

    Zebulun is a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death, and Naphtali, upon the high places of the field.

    חֵרֵ֥ף che.Ref “[which] it despised”

  2. Judges 8:15

    And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?'

    חֵרַפְתֶּ֨ם che.raf.Tem “you taunted”

  3. 1 Samuel 17:10

    And the Philistine said: 'I do taunt the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.'

    חֵרַ֛פְתִּי che.Raf.ti “I defy”

  4. 1 Samuel 17:25

    And the men of Israel said: 'Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to taunt 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 hou

    לְחָרֵ֥ף (חָרֵ֥ף) cha.Ref “defy”

  5. 1 Samuel 17:26

    And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: 'What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the taunt from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should have taunted the armies of the living God?'

    חֵרֵ֔ף che.Ref “he has defied”

  6. 1 Samuel 17:36

    Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath taunted the armies of the living God.'

    חֵרֵ֔ף che.Ref “he has defied”

  7. 1 Samuel 17:45

    Then said David to the Philistine: 'Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast taunted.

    חֵרַֽפְתָּ׃ che.Raf.ta “you have defied”

  8. 2 Samuel 21:21

    And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

    וַיְחָרֵ֖ף (יְחָרֵ֖ף) y.cha.Ref “he taunted”

  9. 2 Samuel 23:9

    And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they jeoparded their lives against the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away;

    בְּחָֽרְפָ֤ם (חָֽרְפָ֤) cha.re.Fa “defied”

  10. 2 Kings 19:4

    It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.'

    לְחָרֵף֙ (חָרֵף֙) cha.Ref “taunt”

  11. 2 Kings 19:16

    Incline Thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open Thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to taunt the living God.

    לְחָרֵ֖ף (חָרֵ֖ף) cha.Ref “taunt”

  12. 2 Kings 19:22

    Whom hast thou taunted and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice? Yea, thou hast lifted up thine eyes on high, even against the Holy One of Israel!

    חֵרַ֙פְתָּ֙ che.Raf.ta “have you taunted”

  13. 2 Kings 19:23

    By the messengers thou hast taunted the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I have cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice cypresses thereof;

    חֵרַ֣פְתָּ׀ che.Raf.ta “you have taunted”

  14. 1 Chronicles 20:7

    And when he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him.

    וַיְחָרֵ֖ף (יְחָרֵ֖ף) y.cha.Ref “he taunted”

  15. 2 Chronicles 32:17

    He wrote also a letter, to taunt the LORD, the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying: 'As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my

    לְחָרֵ֕ף (חָרֵ֕ף) cha.Ref “taunt”

  16. Nehemiah 6:13

    For this cause 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 taunt me.

    יְחָֽרְפֽוּנִי׃ (יְחָֽרְפֽוּ) ye.Cha.re.Fu. “they may reproach”

  17. Job 27:6

    My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

    יֶחֱרַ֥ף ye.che.Raf “it reproaches”

  18. Psalms 42:11

    As with a crushing in my bones, mine adversaries taunt me; while they say unto me all the day: 'Where is Thy God?'

    חֵרְפ֥וּנִי (חֵרְפ֥וּ) che.re.Fu. “they have taunted”

  19. Psalms 44:17

    For the voice of him that taunteth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.

    מְחָרֵ֣ף me.cha.Ref “[one who] taunts”

  20. Psalms 55:13

    For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him.

    יְחָֽרְפֵ֗נִי (יְחָֽרְפֵ֗) ye.cha.re.Fe. “he taunts”

  21. Psalms 57:4

    He will send from heaven, and save me, when he that would swallow me up taunteth; Selah; God shall send forth His mercy and His truth.

    חֵרֵ֣ף che.Ref “he will reproach”

  22. Psalms 69:10

    Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.

    ח֝וֹרְפֶ֗יךָ (ח֝וֹרְפֶ֗י) chor.Fei. “[those who] reproach”

  23. Psalms 74:10

    How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach? Shall the enemy blaspheme Thy name for ever?

    יְחָ֣רֶף ye.Cha.ref “will he taunt”

  24. Psalms 74:18

    Remember this, how the enemy hath reproached the LORD, and how a base people have blasphemed Thy name.

    חֵרֵ֣ף׀ che.Ref “he taunted”

  25. Psalms 79:12

    And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.

    חֵרְפ֣וּךָ (חֵרְפ֣וּ) che.re.Fu. “they reproached”