Defy

de-fi' (charaph, za`am): In1Sa 17:10,25,26,36,45(the story of David and Goliath) and kindred passages, this word is used in its most familiar sense--"to taunt," "challenge to combat" (Hebrew charaph). InNu 23:7,8"denounce" would be a better translation than "defy" (Hebrew za`am).