גָּדַף
gâdaph · H1442 · Hebrew · 7 occurrences
Meanings
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to revile
Action by which a human being utters words that are intended to provoke shame in someone else
ExamplesNumbers 15:30 ‘But the person who does wrong defiantly, whether he is a native or a stranger, that one is blaspheming the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
2 Kings 19:6 And Isaiah said to them, “This is what you shall say to your master: ‘The LORD says this: “Do not be fearful because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
2 Kings 19:22 ‘Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily raised your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- נַעַרyoung man, servant, boy 2
- Not stated: you (one person) 2
- אָבfather 1
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- נִיme 3
- יְהֹוָהthe LORD, YHWH 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with+ מָעַלto commit a violation 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עוֹדstill, again, yet 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קוֹלvoice, sound 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Shame002001002025
- גָּדַף denotes blaspheming or reproaching, as in the defiant blasphemy condemned in Numbers 15:30 and the Assyrian officials' blasphemy against the LORD in 2 Kings 19:6 and 19:22.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H1442. gadaph [גָּדַף] verb only Pi`el revile, blaspheme (Late Hebrew גָּדַף cut, wound,…
[גָּדַף] verb only
Pi`el revile, blaspheme (Late Hebrew גָּדַף cut, wound, then (especially Pi) revile; Arabic cut, cut off, II. deny a favour, be ungrateful, etc.; Aramaic Pa`el גַּדֵּף, , revile) — Perfect2masculine singular וְגִדַּפְתָּ 2Ki 19:22 = Isa 37:23; Isa 37:3plural גִּדְּפוּ 2Ki 19:6 = Isa 37:6; Participle מְגַדֵּף Num 15:30; Psa 44:17; —
1 revile, between man and man, (absolute) וּמְגַדֵּף מְחָרֵף קוֺל Psa 44:17 the voice of (him that) reproacheth and revileth.
2 blaspheme, followed by accusative ׳י Num 15:30 (P); 2Ki 19:22 = Isa 37:23 (|| חֵרֵף; object אֶתמִֿי, reference to ׳י as above); Eze 20:27; Eze 20:2accusative ג ׳אֲשֶׁר אֹתִי אַשּׁוּר מֶלֶךְ נַעֲרֵי הַדְּבָרִים ... 2Ki 19:6 = Isa 37:6 the words with which the servants of the king of Assyria blaspheme me.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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