חָנֵף chaneph
Hebrew word for “profane” · Strong’s H2611 · used 13 times in 13 verses
Meaning
hypocritical, godless, profane, hypocrite, irreligious
How it is translated
Glosses given for chaneph in context, with how often each is used:
- godless 7
- godless person 3
- people godless 1
- godless ones 1
- godless people 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Job 8 (1), Job 13 (1), Job 15 (1), Job 17 (1), Job 20 (1), Job 27 (1), Job 34 (1), Job 36 (1), Psalms 35 (1), Proverbs 11 (1)
Forms
- חנף 10
- וחנפי 1
- בחנפי 1
- חנפים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chaneph more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- תִּקְוָה tiqvah “hope” 2
- אַף aph “face” 2
- אֵשׁ esh “fire” 2
- פֶּה peh “lip” 2
- שׂוּם sum “to set” 2
- זֹאת zot “this” 2
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 2
- כֵּן ken “so” 2
Key verses
The verses using chaneph that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 8:13 — So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
- Job 13:16 — He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.
- Job 15:34 — For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
- Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Job 27:8 — For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
- Job 34:30 — That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
- Job 36:13 — But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.
- Psalms 35:16 — With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.
- Proverbs 11:9 — An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
- Isaiah 9:17 — Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an…
- 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…
- Isaiah 33:14 — The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with…
See all 13 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.