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# ungodly

«ungodly» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **Not respecting God; wicked or sinful** — 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

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old use) Not respecting God; wicked or sinful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#m1)

2) (informal) Very early or very late, or very unpleasant: «an ungodly hour». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these books it means a wicked person who does not care about God or fair treatment of others. Interpretation: In Proverbs and Job, such people lie, mock justice and do harm. Tradition holds that God will judge them in the end. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales a wicked person or witch is called ungodly, meaning bad and not good

### examples

- An ungodly witness mocketh at right; and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. (Writings PRO.19.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#x1)
- God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked. (Writings JOB.16.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#x2)
- An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire. (Writings PRO.16.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#x3)
- The ungodly witch was punished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#x4)
- The ungodly man cheated the poor farmer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#x5)
- We had to get up at an ungodly hour for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/ungodly/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [But the ungodly, they are as thorns thrust away, all of them, for they cannot be taken with the hand;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.716/)
- [The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the ungodly: 'Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.695/)
- [For both prophet and priest are ungodly; yea, in My house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.627/)
- [An ungodly man diggeth up evil, and in his lips there is as a burning fire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.470/)
- [An ungodly witness mocketh at right; and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.557/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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