Definition

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 spend the winter

Etymology

a primitive root; also denominative (from H2779 (חֹרֶף))

Where the KJV renders it

• betroth
• blaspheme
• defy
• jeopard
• rail
• reproach
• upbraid

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.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.