To taunt
חָרַףStrong’s H2778charaph (cha-raph)
Appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Charaph is the Hebrew word usually translated “taunt”, “have reproached” and “has defied”. It appears in 40 verses of the Old Testament.
“And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.”
Meaning
- To reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid(Qal) to reproach · (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt
- (Qal) to winter, spend harvest time, remain in harvest time
- (Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed
How it's translated
- to taunt 5
- they have reproached 3
- he has defied 2
- and he taunted 2
- have you taunted 2
- you have taunted 2
- they have taunted me 2
- taunts me 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 11
- Isaiah 6
- 1 Samuel 5
- 2 Kings 4
- Proverbs 3
- Judges 2
13 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Judges 5:18Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.
- Judges 8:15And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?
- 1 Samuel 17:10And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
- 1 Samuel 17:25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.
- 1 Samuel 17:26And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
- 1 Samuel 17:36Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
All 40 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חָרַף charaph · to taunt
1) to reproach, taunt, blaspheme, defy, jeopardise, rail, upbraid 1a) (Qal) to reproach 1b) (Piel) to reproach, defy, taunt
חָרַף charaph · to winter
(Qal) to winter, spend harvest time, remain in harvest time
חָרַף charaph · to acquire
(Niphal) to acquire, be betrothed
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “taunt” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
T'AUNT, verb transitive
- To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid.
- To exprobrate; to censure.
All definitions and other forms of “taunt”
T'AUNT, noun
Upbraiding words; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.