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# persecution

«persecution» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Cruel and unfair treatment of a person or group…** — 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 (persecution, uncountable; persecutions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cruel and unfair treatment of a person or group, especially because of their religion, race, beliefs or who they are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#m1)

2) (church, history) The persecution of the early Christians by some Roman emperors, and the persecution of many faith groups through history and today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means cruel pressure on peoples by a harsh ruler, with no one to stop him. Interpretation: Isaiah says this about the fall of the king of Babylon. The tradition sees it as a promise that God ends the rule of cruel tyrants. In the primary lessons: In religion and history lessons pupils learn about persecution of Christians, Jews, Muslims and others, and about people fleeing persecution as refugees. In ethics, it teaches standing up for others. Phrases: «flee persecution», «religious persecution», «suffer persecution», «face persecution».

### examples

- That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. (Prophets ISA.14.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x1)
- The early Christians suffered persecution in Rome. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x2)
- Many refugees flee persecution in their countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x3)
- Religious persecution is when people are hurt for their faith. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x4)
- The Pilgrims left England partly to escape persecution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x5)
- Saint Paul at first led the persecution of Christians. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x6)
- Bullying a group because of who they are is a kind of persecution. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x7)
- It is said the quarrel grew out of the persecution the race of Geese suffered at the teeth of the Fox family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/persecution/#x8)

### note

Uncountable usually. Verb: persecute; person: persecutor. Trap: do not confuse with «prosecution» (taking someone to court for a crime). Pronounced per-se-KYOO-shun.

### In the corpora

- [That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.304/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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