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Defy
Defy [Heb. ḥārap̱ (1 S. 17:10, 25), ’āmar (Ps. 139:20), mārâ (Isa. 3:8)]; AV also SPEAK AGAINST, PROVOKE; NEB also PROVOKE, REBEL (Isa. 3:8). In the narrative of David’s encounter with Goliath the term is used in its most familiar sense of “taunt” or “challenge to combat.” In Isa. 3:8 mārâ (“quarrel,”