Lexical Definition

‎חָרַף‎ châraph (khaw-raf') to taunt ^H:V
a primitive root; also denominative (from ‎חֹרֶף‎)

betroth, blaspheme, defy, jeopard, rail, reproach, upbraid.

• to pull off, i.e. (by implication) to expose (as by stripping)
• specifically, to betroth (as if a surrender)
• figuratively, to carp at, i.e. defame
• to spend the winter

1) to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid
1a) (Qal) to reproach
1b) (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt
2) (Qal) to winter, spend harvest time, remain in harvest time
3) (Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed

See Greek: ἄτοπος · διαφυλάσσω · ἥκω · ὀνειδίζω · ὄνειδος · παροξύνω

Extended Information

• (Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎חָרַף‎] verb reproach (Late Hebrew Pi`el id.; Aramaic ‎חֲרַף‎ id., sharpen, sharp, keen, acute); —

Qal Imperfect ‎לֹאיֶֿחֱרַף לְבָבִי מִיָּמָ֑י‎ Job 27:6 Participle suffix ‎חֹרְפִי‎ Ps 119:42; Prov 27:11 ‎חוֺרְפֶיךָ‎ Ps 69:10*. Piel. Perfect ‎חֵרֵף‎ Judg 5:18 + 6 t.; ‎חֵרַפְתָּ‎ Isa 37:23 + 4 t. etc. + 10 t. perfect; Imperfect ‎יְחָרֵף‎ 2Sam 21:21; 1Chr 20:7 ‎יְחָ֫רֶף‎ Ps 74:10 + 2 t. suffix; Infinitive ‎לְחָרֵף‎ Isa 37:4 + 5 t.; ‎בְּחָֽרְפָם‎ 2Sam 23:9 (but see below); Participle ‎מְחָרֵף‎ Ps 44:17* — reproach, — properly say sharp things against, — taunt, with accusative Judg 8:15; 1Sam 17:10; 1Sam 17:25; 1Sam 17:26; 1Sam 17:36; 1Sam 17:45; 2Sam 21:21 +1Chr 20:7 God, by injustice to the poor Prov 14:31; Prov 17:5 Yahweh, by idolatry Isa 65:7 Yahweh as the God of Israel 2Kgs 19:4; 2Kgs 19:16; 2Kgs 19:22; 2Kgs 19:23 = Isa 37:4; Isa 37:17; Isa 37:23; Isa 37:24 = 2Chr 32:17 (with ‎לְ‎); with ‎בְּ‎, Philistines 2Sam 23:9 ᵑ0 (but read ‎בְּפַס דַּמִּים‎ at Pas-dammîm, proper name, of a location, as 1Chr 11:12 We Dr); reproach, Neh 6:13 + Neh 42:11; Neh 44:17; Neh 55:13; Neh 57:4; Neh 74:10; Neh 74:18; Neh 79:12; Neh 89:52 (twice in verse); Neh 102:9; Zeph 2:8; Zeph 2:10 in poetry and figurative, despise, scorn, ‎נפשׁ למוּת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Judg 5:18.

III. [‎חָרַף‎] verb denominative remain in harvest-time (so Arabic ; English to winter) — only Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎כָּלבֶּֿהֱמַת הָאָרֶץ עָלָיו תֶּחֱרָ֑ף‎ Isa 18:6 all the beasts of the earth shall spend the harvest-time upon it.

IV. [‎חָרַף‎] verb acquire (compare Arabic turn a thing from its proper way or manner, but also gain, acquire [subsistence] for one's family) — only Niph`al Participle f. ‎שִׁפְחָה נֶחֱרֶפֶת לְאִישׁ‎ a maidservant acquired for a man (namely as his concubine) Lev 19:26 (H; compare Late Hebrew ‎חֲרוּפָה‎ of woman designated for a man).

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