What Does “Reproach” Mean in the Bible?
Shame and humiliation in front of everyone.
A detail
- In the Bible: Elizabeth, who could not have children, said that the Lord had taken away her reproach. Rachel said the same.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 1:25; Genesis 30:23
What the Bible says
Luke 1:25
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he hath had regard to take away my reproach among men.
Genesis 30:23
And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “reproach”