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# iniquity

«iniquity» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Great wrong or sin** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

Great wrong or sin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iniquity/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means sin or the guilt and punishment that come from sin. To "bear iniquity" means to carry the blame. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that a person's sin brings responsibility, but also that God is patient, as in the Amorites' iniquity not yet being full.

### examples

- And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity. (Torah NUM.5.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iniquity/#x1)
- But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity. (Torah LEV.17.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iniquity/#x2)
- And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.' (Torah GEN.15.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iniquity/#x3)
- How many are mine iniquities and sins? (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iniquity/#x4)
- And are not thine iniquities without end? (Writings JOB.22.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iniquity/#x5)
- And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Writings PSA.130.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/iniquity/#x6)

### note

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

### In the corpora

- [And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.392/)
- [But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.510/)
- [And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.536/)
- [And the man shall be clear from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.220/)
- [But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1093/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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