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REPROACH, L. prox, in proximus.
1. To censure in terms of opprobrium or contempt.
Mezentius with his ardor warm'd his fainting friends, reproach'd their shameful flight, repell'd the victors.
2. To charge with a fault in severe language.
That shame there sit not, and reproach us as unclean.
3. To upbraid to suggest blame for any thing. A man's conscience will reproach him for a criminal, mean or unworthy action.
4. To treat with scorn or contempt. Luke 6 .
REPROACH, n.
1. Censure mingled with contempt or derision contumelious or opprobrious language towards any person abusive reflections as foul-mouthed reproach.
2. Shame infamy disgrace.
Give not thine heritage to reproach. Joel 2 . Isaiah 4 .
3. Object of contempt, scorn or derision.
Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may be no more a reproach. Nehemiah 2 .
4. That which is the cause of shame or disgrace. Genesis 30 .
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Reproach'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​r/reproach.html.
Entry for 'Reproach'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​r/reproach.html.