Strong’s H2781 · Hebrew

חֶרְפָּה
cherpâh
kher-paw'

Definition

contumely, disgrace, the pudenda

Etymology

from H2778 (חָרַף);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • rebuke
  • reproach(-fully)
  • shame

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.