# H2778 חָרַף

חָרַף (châraph), Strong’s H2778: 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… KJV: betroth…

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*châraph* — 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…

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

Derived from [חֹרֶף chôreph](https://besorah.bible/word/H2779) (the crop gathered)

Occurs 41 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [חָרַף] vb. reproach
- Qal
- Piel. reproach,—prop. say sharp things against,—taunt
- חָרַף vb
- [חָרַף] vb. acquire—only Niph. Lv 19:20
- חָרַף vb. denom
- [חָרַף] vb. denom. remain in harvest time—only Qal Is 18:6

## Where it occurs
- [Leviticus 19:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=20) — “‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed or…
- [Judges 5:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/5?v=18) — Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
- [Judges 8:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/8?v=15) — He came to the men of Succoth, and said, “See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the…
- [1 Samuel 17:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=10) — The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
- [1 Samuel 17:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=25) — The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will…
- [1 Samuel 17:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=26) — David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes…
- [1 Samuel 17:36](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=36) — Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has…
- [1 Samuel 17:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/17?v=45) — Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in…
- [2 Samuel 21:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/21?v=21) — When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him.
- [2 Samuel 23:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/23?v=9) — After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied…