חָנֵף
chânêph · khaw-nafe'
soiled (i.e. with sin), impious
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2610 (חָנֵף);
soiled (i.e. with sin), impious
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hypocrite(-ical).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the seed, life continuing › to speak, the word
To separate and protect of the seed, life continuing that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָנֵף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the hypocrite2 · 15%
- and the hypocrite's1 · 8%
- for an hypocrite1 · 8%
- of hypocrites1 · 8%
- himself against the hypocrite1 · 8%
- that the hypocrite1 · 8%
- but the hypocrites1 · 8%
- with hypocritical1 · 8%
- an hypocrite1 · 8%
- for every one is an hypocrite1 · 8%
- him against an hypocritical1 · 8%
- the hypocrites1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.