What does גִּדּוּף (gidûp) mean in the Bible?
גִּדּוּף (gidûp): Serious verbal attack that damages reputation; often involves mocking God's name or character in OT contexts
Hebrew · H1421
גִּדּוּף
Vilification
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גִּדּוּףH1421
Pronunciationgidûp
What does גִּדּוּף (gidûp) mean in the Bible?
גִּדּוּף (gidûp): Serious verbal attack that damages reputation; often involves mocking God's name or character in OT contexts
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H1421?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and the insults (1), by their insults (1), to reproach (1).
Where does גִּדּוּף (gidûp) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Isaiah 43:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (2), Zephaniah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itand the insults1×Zephaniah 2:8
by their insults1×Isaiah 51:7
to reproach1×Isaiah 43:28
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Isaiah 43:28לְגִדּוּפִֽים׃סtoto reproachPreposition-l | Noun - masculine pluralIsaiah 51:7וּמִגִּדֻּפֹתָ֖םtoby their insultsConjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralZephaniah 2:8וְגִדּוּפֵ֖יtoand the insultsConjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowIsaiah 43:28
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Isaiah2Zephaniah1
Source forms
וְגִדּוּפֵ֖י1xwə·ḡid·dū·p̄êZephaniah 2:8
וּמִגִּדֻּפֹתָ֖ם1xū·mig·gid·du·p̄ō·ṯāmIsaiah 51:7
לְגִדּוּפִֽים׃ס1xlə·ḡid·dū·p̄îmIsaiah 43:28
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct1xZephaniah 2:8
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural1xIsaiah 51:7
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural1xIsaiah 43:28
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Serious verbal attack that damages reputation; often involves mocking God's name or character in OT contexts
Source Gloss
vilification
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Serious verbal attack that damages reputation; often involves mocking God's name or character in OT contexts
vilification BDB: revilings Usage: reproach, reviling.
Word Origins
גִּדּוּף is built from this root: