Strong’s H1442 · Hebrew

גָּדַף
gâdaph
gaw-daf'

Definition

to hack (with words), i.e. revile

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • blaspheme
  • reproach

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.