Hebrew noun (feminine) · H2781
חֶרְפָּה
cherpahkher-paw'
reproach
73 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: cherpâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2781is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 17 of 39Old Testament books
- 50spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2781
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda
The King James renders it: rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
cherpah is rendered "reproach". It stands 73 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.
- Twenty of the uses stand in Psalms, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 30:23and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
- The Greek text spells it fifty different ways.
The first use
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
Genesis 30:23חֶרְפָּתִֽי׃
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a reproach11
- reproach8
- reproach of7
- into a reproach6
- and into a reproach5
- a reproach of4
- and reproach of4
- reproach my4
- reproach their4
- and reproach his2
- disgrace my2
- reproach our2
and 12 more, 73 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חֶרְמֵשׁ | chermesh | sickle | Uses2 |
All 73, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
50 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֶרְפַּ֥ת6
- חֶרְפַּ֣ת5
- וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔ה4
- חֶרְפָּֽה׃4
- וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת3
- חֶ֭רְפָּה3
- חֶרְפָּ֖ה3
- חֶרְפָּ֣ה2
- לְחֶרְפָּ֖ה2
- בְּ֭חֶרְפָּה1
- בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ ס1
- וּבְחֶרְפָּ֑ה1
and 38 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular20HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)11HNcfsc
- preposition + noun · feminine singular9HR/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular6HC/R/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular6HNcfsc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)4HC/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural4HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural2HNcfsc/Sp1bp
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular2HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · feminine plural2HR/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncfpc
Genesis
two uses
and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
- חֶרְפָּתִֽי׃cherpatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: reproach my
“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
- חֶרְפָּ֥הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
Joshua
one use
Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
- חֶרְפַּ֥תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: reproach of
1 Samuel
three uses
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.”
- חֶרְפָּ֖הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
- חֶרְפָּ֖הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.
- חֶרְפָּתִ֜יcherpatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: disgrace my
2 Samuel
one use
Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
- חֶרְפָּתִ֔יcherpatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: reproach my
Nehemiah
four uses
And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- וּבְחֶרְפָּ֑הuvecherpahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and in disgrace
Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
- חֶרְפָּֽה׃cherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
- חֶרְפָּתָ֖םcherpatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: reproach their
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?
- מֵחֶרְפַּ֖תmecherpatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from reproach of
Job
two uses
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
- בְּ֭חֶרְפָּהbecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: in scorn
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,
- חֶרְפָּתִּֽי׃cherpatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: disgrace my
Psalms
twenty uses
who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
- וְ֝חֶרְפָּ֗הvecherpahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and reproach
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.
- חֶרְפַּ֥תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a reproach of
Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.
- חֶרְפָּ֡הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
- חֶרְפַּ֥תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a reproach of
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
- חֶ֭רְפָּהcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
- חֶרְפָּ֑הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- וְחֶרְפּ֥וֹתvecherpotconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and reproaches of
I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach.
- לַחֲרָפ֣וֹתlacharafotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: into reproaches
You know my reproach, my shame and disgrace. All my adversaries are before You.
- חֶרְפָּתִ֣יcherpatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: reproach my
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
- חֶרְפָּ֤ה׀cherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
May the accusers of my soul be ashamed and consumed; may those who seek my harm be covered with scorn and disgrace.
- חֶ֭רְפָּהcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
- חֶרְפָּתְךָ֥cherpatekhanoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: reproach your
He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
- חֶרְפַּ֥תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a reproach of
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
- חֶ֭רְפָּהcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- חֶרְפָּ֘תָ֤םcherpatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: reproach their
All who pass by plunder him; he has become a reproach to his neighbors.
- חֶ֝רְפָּ֗הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- חֶרְפַּ֣תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: reproach of
I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
- חֶרְפָּ֣הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
Remove my scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.
- חֶרְפָּ֣הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
Turn away the disgrace I dread, for Your judgments are good.
- חֶ֭רְפָּתִיcherpatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: reproach my
Proverbs
two uses
Wounds and dishonor will befall him, and his reproach will never be wiped away.
- וְ֝חֶרְפָּת֗וֹvecherpatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and reproach his
With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
- חֶרְפָּֽה׃cherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
Isaiah
six uses
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
- חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃ סcherpatenunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: reproach our
He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
- וְחֶרְפַּ֣תvecherpatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and reproach of
everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They cannot be of help; they are good for nothing but shame and reproach.”
- לְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ סlecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for reproach
Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”
- חֶרְפָּתֵ֑ךְcherpatekhnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: reproach your
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.
- חֶרְפַּ֣תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: reproach of
Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
- וְחֶרְפַּ֥תvecherpatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and reproach of
Jeremiah
twelve uses
To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
- לְחֶרְפָּ֖הlecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a reproach
You understand, O LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. In Your patience, do not take me away. Know that I endure reproach for Your honor.
- חֶרְפָּֽה׃cherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.
- לְחֶרְפָּ֥הlecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a reproach
And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
- חֶרְפַּ֣תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a reproach of
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
- לְחֶרְפָּ֤הlecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a reproach
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.
- וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הulecherpahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and into a reproach
After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
- חֶרְפַּ֥תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: reproach of
For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
- וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הulecherpahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and into a reproach
Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
- וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הulecherpahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and into a reproach
And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
- וּלְחֶרְפָּֽה׃ulecherpahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and into a reproach
For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”
- לְחֶרְפָּ֛הlecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a reproach
“We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; disgrace has covered our faces, because foreigners have entered the holy places of the LORD’s house.”
- חֶרְפָּ֔הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: scorn
Lamentations
three uses
Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
- בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ סbecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with reproach
O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
- חֶרְפָּתָם֙cherpatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: reproach their
Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
- חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃cherpatenunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: reproach our
Ezekiel
seven uses
I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
- וּלְחֶרְפָּ֔הulecherpahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and into a reproach
So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
- חֶרְפָּ֤הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
before your wickedness was uncovered? Even so, you are now scorned by the daughters of Edom and all those around her, and by the daughters of the Philistines—all those around you who despise you.
- חֶרְפַּ֣תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: reproach of
Now prophesy, son of man, and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says concerning the Ammonites and their contempt: ‘A sword! A sword is drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning—
- חֶרְפָּתָ֑םcherpatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: reproach their
you are guilty of the blood you have shed, and you are defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close and have come to the end of your years. Therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mockery to all the lands.
- חֶרְפָּה֙cherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
I will no longer allow the taunts of the nations to be heard against you, and you will no longer endure the reproach of the peoples or cause your nation to stumble, declares the Lord GOD.”
- וְחֶרְפַּ֥תvecherpatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and reproach of
I will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.
- חֶרְפַּ֥תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: reproach of
Daniel
four uses
O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
- לְחֶרְפָּ֖הlecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a reproach
Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
- חֶרְפָּתוֹ֙cherpatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: scorn his
- חֶרְפָּת֖וֹcherpatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: scorn his
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- לַחֲרָפ֖וֹתlacharafotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: to reproaches
Hosea
one use
Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
- וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹvecherpatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and reproach his
Joel
two uses
Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
- לְחֶרְפָּה֙lecherpahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: into a reproach
And the LORD answered His people: “Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil, and by them you will be satisfied. I will never again make you a reproach among the nations.
- חֶרְפָּ֖הcherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a reproach
Micah
one use
You have kept the statutes of Omri and all the practices of Ahab’s house; you have followed their counsel. Therefore I will make you a desolation, and your inhabitants an object of contempt; you will bear the scorn of the nations.”
- וְחֶרְפַּ֥תvecherpatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and reproach of
Zephaniah
two uses
“I have heard the reproach of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have taunted My people and threatened their borders.
- חֶרְפַּ֣תcherpatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: reproach of
“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
- חֶרְפָּֽה׃cherpahnoun · feminine singulartagged: reproach
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
