1. godless, profane, hypocrite — Adjective/substantive describing a person who is profane, godless, or hypocritical -- one who lacks genuine piety and whose religious pretense conceals moral corruption. Merges all inflectional forms: singular absolute, plural absolute, construct plural, and prepositional phrases. Used extensively in Job's wisdom dialogues: the hope of the godless shall perish (Job 8:13), a godless person shall not come before God (Job 13:16), the company of the godless is barren (Job 15:34), against the godless (Job 17:8), the joy of the godless is brief (Job 20:5), the godless in heart (Job 27:8; 34:30; 36:13); in Proverbs: a godless person destroys his neighbor (Prov 11:9); in Isaiah: every one is godless (Isa 9:17), against a godless nation (Isa 10:6), sinners in Zion are afraid, trembling seizes the godless (Isa 33:14); and with profane mockers at feasts (Ps 35:16). Multilingual glosses uniformly confirm: arb munafiq, deu Heuchler, fra hypocrite, hin kapati/pakhandi, kor oesikhaneun ja/bulgyeonggeon, spa hipocrita/impios. 13×
AR["المُنافِقِ","الْمُنَافِقِ","الْمُنَافِقِينَ","معَ-المُنافِقينَ","مُنافِقٌ","مُنافِقٍ","مُنَافِقٌ","مُنَافِقَةٍ","وَ-مُنافِقو"]·ben["-ভণ্ডদের-সঙ্গে","অধার্মিক","আর-ভণ্ড-হৃদয়ের","কপট","ভণ্ড","ভণ্ডদের","ভণ্ডের"]·DE["Heuchler","[חנף]","[חנפים]","mit-profane","und-Heuchler"]·EN["and-the-godless-of-","godless","godless-one","hypocrite","profane","the-godless","with-profane"]·FR["[חנף]","[חנפים]","dans-impie","et-hypocrite","hypocrite"]·heb["ב-חנפי","ו-חנפי","חנף","חנפים"]·HI["और-कपटी-हृदय","कपटियों-की","कपटियों-को","कपटी","कपटी-की","कपटी-के-विरुद्ध","पाखंडी","में-पाखंडियों"]·ID["Dan-orang-orang munafik-","fasik","murtad","orang-munafik","orang-orang-fasik","yang murtad"]·IT["[בחנפי]","[חנף]","[חנפים]","e-ipocrita","ipocrita"]·jav["Kalayan-tiyang-munafik","Lan-tiyang-lamis-ipun","lamis","munafik","tiyang-lamis","tiyang-munafik"]·KO["경건치-않으며","경건한-자","경건한-자의","그리고-외식적인-자들은","불경건한","불경건한-자들-처럼","외식자-가","외식자들을","외식하는-자의","위선자-가","위선적인"]·PT["E-hipócritas-de-","Entre-ímpios","do-hipócrita","hipócrita","profana","profano","profícuos"]·RU["и-лицемеры-","лицемер","лицемера","нечестивого","нечестивы","нечестивый","нечестивых","с-нечестивыми"]·ES["Con-los-profanos","Y-hipócritas-de-","hipócrita","hipócritas","impía","impíos"]·SW["Pamoja-na-wanafiki","la-wanafiki","mnafiki","na-wanafiki-wa","ni-mnafiki","wanafiki"]·TR["Küfr-edenlerin","Ve-iki-yüzlüler-","iki-yuzlu","iki-yüzlü","iki-yüzlünün","ikiyuzlu","ikiyuzluuleri","iküzükarın","münafık"]·urd["اور-منافق","بے-دینوں-کے-ساتھ","ریاکاروں-کو","منافق","منافق-کی","کے-خلاف"]
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָנֵף adj. profane, irreligious (Syriac ܚܰܢܦܳܐ profane, hence often heathen, apostate; Arabic حَنِيفٌ inclining to a right state, especially the true religion, a Muslim)—abs. ח׳ Jb 8:13 + 10 times; pl. חֲנֵפִים Is 33:14; חַנְפֵי Jb 36:13 ψ 35:16;—profane, godless: of persons, אָדָם ח׳ Jb 34:30; גּוֹי ח׳ Is 10:6; as subst. godless man Is 9:16 (‖ מרע) Jb 8:13; 13:16; 17:8; 20:5; 27:8; Pr 11:9;…