חָנֵףchânêph
profane, irreligious, profane, godless (Job 8:13; Isaiah 33:14; Job 36:13; Psalms 35:16; Job 34:30)
Pronunciation: khaw-nafe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2611
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 13 times in the Bible.
- Job 8:13 The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
- Job 13:16 But this is what will save me—I am not godless. If I were, I could not stand before him.
- Job 15:34 For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will burn.
- Job 17:8 The virtuous are horrified when they see me. The innocent rise up against the ungodly.
- Job 20:5 the triumph of the wicked has been short lived and the joy of the godless has been only temporary?
- Job 27:8 For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).