The meaning of “חָנֵף”
Understanding chânêph reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
hypocrite(-ical). - soiled (i.e. with sin), impious 1) hypocritical, godless, profane, hypocrite, irreligious
חָנֵף
hypocrite(-ical). - soiled (i.e. with sin), impious 1) hypocritical, godless, profane, hypocrite, irreligious
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 17:8 | “Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.” Word: חָנֵף (chânêph) | |
| Psalms 35:16 | “With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.” Word: חָנֵף (chânêph) | |
| Proverbs 11:9 | “An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.” Word: חָנֵף (chânêph) | |
| Isaiah 10:6 | “I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.” Word: חָנֵף (chânêph) |
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