heathen

«heathen» in Mova's judaism dictionary: Old use: a person who does not follow one of the main… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (heathens); adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) (noun) Old use: a person who does not follow one of the main world religions, often one who worships other gods. tree →

2) (adjective) Relating to such people or their beliefs; old-fashioned and can sound rude. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The nations around Israel who did not worship the God of Israel and served idols. Interpretation: The tradition sees the heathen as the nations whose idol worship and cruel customs Israel was warned not to copy. Their attacks on Jerusalem and the Temple are mourned in the Psalms. In the primary lessons: old use, in old stories and fairy tales; in the lessons it names people in another land or in olden times who are not Christian or who worship other gods

examples

• O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; they have defiled Thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem into heaps. (Writings PSA.79.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• Also I said: 'The thing that ye do is not good; ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? (Writings NEH.5.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Moreover he offered in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. (Writings 2CH.28.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• The guests called him a heathen. tree →
• The heathen king was generous. tree →
• They lived as heathens in the old days. tree →

note

nothing for maths

In the corpora

• O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; they have defiled Thy holy temple; they have made Jerusalem into heaps.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «heathen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.