Hebrew · Strong's H1442
גָּדַף
gadaphgaw-daf'
to hack (with words), i.e. revile
1890 spelling: gâdaph
Gematria 87· 807 mispar gadol
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to hack (with words), i.e. revile
Rendered in the KJV as
blaspheme, reproach.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- גִּדְּפ֛וּ2
- וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּ2
- גִּדְּפ֤וּ1
- וּמְגַדֵּ֑ף1
- מְגַדֵּ֑ף1
How it is rendered · 5
- and have you blasphemed?2
- they have blasphemed2
- [is] blaspheming1
- and [one who] reviles1
- they blasphemed1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common plural3
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · intensive (piel), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVpp3cp · 3
- HC/Vpp2ms · 2
- HC/Vprmsa · 1
- HVprmsa · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Kings carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Kings2 occurrences
- 2 Kings 19:6גִּדְּפ֛וּgidefuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralwho replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.here: they have blasphemed
- 2 Kings 19:22וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּvegidaftaconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularWhom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!here: and have you blasphemed?
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 37:6גִּדְּפ֛וּgidefuverb · intensive (piel), completed action · 3rd person common pluralwho replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.here: they have blasphemed
- Isaiah 37:23וְגִדַּ֔פְתָּvegidaftaconjunction (“and”) + verb · intensive (piel), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularWhom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!here: and have you blasphemed?
