Word Forms
These forms come from “reproach” and change to fit the sentence.
- reproachbase form
- reproachedpast and past participle
- reproachesplural, third-person singular present
- reproachingpresent participle
reproach
WEB 64 appearances
KJV 108 appearances
Reproach means shame, insult, or blame. To reproach someone means to speak bad things to them or make them feel ashamed.
Biblical Usage
In the Bible, reproach often means a deep shame or hurt caused by enemies or hard times. People asked God to protect them and take away their shame. God promises to help His people and remove their reproach.
WEB Representative Scriptures
He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for the LORD has spoken it.Isaiah 25:8 (WEB)
“Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.”Luke 1:25 (WEB)
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.1 Timothy 3:7 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer.Job 20:3 (KJV)
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.Psalms 44:13 (KJV)
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.Proverbs 19:26 (KJV)