STRONGS NUMBER H2781


Word Summary
cherpah: a reproach
Original Word: חֶרְפָּה
Transliteration: cherpah
Phonetic Spelling: (kher-paw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: a reproach
Meaning: contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
Strong's Concordance
rebuke, reproachfully, shame

From charaph.; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda -- rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.

see HEBREW charaph.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2781. cherpah

חֶרְמָּהnoun feminine reproach׳חGenesis 34:14 35t.; construct חֶרְמַּתJoshua 5:9 15t.; suffix חֶרְמָּֽתְךָPsalm 74:22 etc. + 17 t. suffixes; plural חֲרָפוֺת69:11; Daniel 12:2; construct חֶרְמּוֺתPsalm 69:10. —

1 taunt of enemy 1 Samuel 17:26; so also 25:39; reproach cast upon another, scorn, contumely Nehemiah 3:36; Nehemiah 5:9; Psalm 69:20; 69:21; 71:13; 89:51; 119:22; Proverbs 18:3; Isaiah 51:7; Ezekiel 21:33; ח ׳שׁמעJeremiah 51:51; Zephaniah 2:8; Lamentations 3:61; ח ׳נתן עלJeremiah 23:40; ח ׳נשׂא עלPsalm 15:3 (slander); ח ׳נשׂאJeremiah 31:19; Ezekiel 36:15; Micah 6:16 (reproach); ׳ח על נשׂאbear reproach for Psalm 69:8; Jeremiah 15:15; Zephaniah 3:18; ח ׳השׁיב‎ Hosea 12:15; Nehemiah 3:36; ח ׳חרףPsalm 69:10; 79:12; 89:51; ח ׳הסיר מעל1 Samuel 17:26; Isaiah 25:8; ח ׳העבירPsalm 119:39; reproaches against God 69:10 (חוֺרְפֶיךָ חֶרְמּוֺת‎), 74:22; 79:12.

2 reproach which rests upon one, condition of shame, disgrace:

a. sexual 2 Samuel 13:13; Isaiah 47:3; Ezekiel 16:57; Proverbs 6:33.

b. barrenness of womb Genesis 30:23 (E) Isaiah 4:1; widowhood 54:4.

c. hunger Ezekiel 36:30; disease Job 19:5.

d. ritual, uncircumcision Genesis 34:14 (P) Joshua 5:9 (JE).

e. injuries from enemies Lamentations 3:30; 5:1; Nehemiah 1:3; 2:7; Job 16:10; Daniel 11:18 (twice in verse).

3 a reproach, the object of reproach, the person of thing reproached אָדָם חֶרְמַּתa reproach of man Psalm 22:7; ׳ח נבל39:9; ח ׳היה ׳לbecome an object of reproach to 31:12; 79:4; 89:42; 109:25; Ezekiel 5:15; (ל לח ׅ׳(היה)Isaiah 30:5; Jeremiah 6:10; 20:8; 42:18; 44:8, 12; 49:13; Psalm 69:11; Daniel 9:16; 12:2; ח ׳נתן ׅ׳(לEzekiel 22:4; Joel 2:19; Psalm 78:66; לח ׳נתןJeremiah 24:9; 29:18; Ezekiel 5:14; Joshua 2:17; ח ׳שׂים ׳לPsalm 44:14; ח ׳שׂים על1 Samuel 11:2.

II. חרף‎ (√ of following; compare Arabic gather fruit, pluck).