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# idolatrous

«idolatrous» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Having to do with idols, or with worshipping idols as gods** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Having to do with idols, or with worshipping idols as gods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idolatrous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it describes priests who served Baal and other false gods in Judah instead of the one God. Interpretation: Idol worship is one of the gravest sins in Jewish law, and the prophets warn that God will remove those who lead people into it.

### examples

- And I will stretch out My hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the idolatrous priests with the priests; (Prophets ZEP.1.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idolatrous/#x1)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «idolatrous» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/idolatrous/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.