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2.
(
7
, 3681), akin to No. 1, is used in Luke 1:25 in the concrete sense
of “a matter of reproach, a disgrace.”¶ To have no children was, in the Jewish mind, more
than a misfortune, it might carry the implication that this was a divine punishment for
some secret sin. Cf. Gen. 30:1; 1 Sam. 1:6-10.
3.
(
&
, 819), “dishonor,” is translated “reproach” in 2 Cor. 11:21,
KJV
(
RV
,
“disparagement). See
DISHONOR
,
SHAME
,
VILE
.
Note:
In 2 Cor. 12:10,
KJV
,
$
, “insolence injury,” is translated “reproaches” (
RV
,
“injuries”). See
HARM
.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
A
&
, 3679), akin to A, Nos. 1 and 2, signifies (a), in the active
voice, “to reproach, upbraid,” Matt. 5:11,
RV
, “shall reproach” (
KJV
, “shall revile”);
11:20, “to upbraid”; 27:44,
RV
, “cast … reproach” [
KJV
, “cast … in (His) teeth”]; Mark
15:32
RV
, “reproached” (
KJV
, “reviled”); 16:14 “upbraided”; Luke 6:22 “shall reproach”,
Rom. 15:3; Jas. 1:5, “upbraideth”; (b) in the passive voice, “to suffer reproach, be
reproached,” 1 Tim. 4:10 (in some mss. in the 2nd part); 1 Pet. 4:14.¶
2.
$
(
% $&
, 5195), akin to
$
(see A, Note), used transitively, denotes “to
outrage, insult, treat insolently”; it is translated “Thou reproachest” in Luke 11:45. The
word is much stronger than “to reproach”; the significance is “Thou insultest (even us),”
i.e., who are superior to ordinary Pharisees. The lawyer’s imputation was unjust; Christ’s
rebuke was not
$
, “insult.” What He actually said was by way of “reproach”
(
). See
DESPITEFULLY
.
Notes:
(1) For
, “without reproach,”
RV
, in 1 Tim. 3:2; 5:7; 6:14, see
BLAMELESS
, B No. 5. (2) In 1 Tim. 5:14,
KJV
,
, “reviling” (
RV
), used in the
genitive case with
, “in respect of,” “for,” is translated “reproachfully” (
RV
, “for
reviling”). Cf.
, “to revile.” See
RAILING
.
REPROBATE
(
, 96), signifying “not standing the test, rejected” ( , negative,
, “approved”), was primarily applied to metals (cf. Isa. 1:22); it is used always in
the NT in a passive sense, (a) of things, Heb. 6:8, “rejected,” of land that bears thorns and
thistles; (b) of persons, Rom. 1:28, of a “reprobate mind,” a mind of which God cannot
approve, and which must be rejected by Him, the effect of refusing “to have God in
knowledge”; in 1 Cor. 9:27 (for which see
CAST
,
REJECTED
); 2 Cor. 13:5, 6, 7, where the
RV
rightly translates the adjective “reprobate” (
KJV
, “reprobates”), here the reference is to
the great test as to whether Christ is in a person; in 2 Tim. 3:8 of hose “reprobate
concerning the faith,” i.e., men whose moral sense is perverted and whose minds are
beclouded with their own speculations; in Titus 1:16, of the defiled, who are “unto every
good work reprobate,” i.e., if they are put to the test in regard to any good work (in
contrast to their profession), they can only be rejected.¶ In the Sept., Prov. 25:4; Isa.
1:22.¶
REPROOF, REPROVE