Words the Bible translates as defy

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

ḥaraphחָרַףto throw shaming words at someone, daring or despising them: to taunt, mock, or defy
+2 more meanings
- to spend the cold season: to stay somewhere through the rainy winter months
- to be assigned or promised to a man: said of a slave woman set aside for a particular man
za'amזָעַםto condemn in anger: to burn with indignation against someone, and to voice that anger as a denunciation or curse.

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