חֲנוּפָה

חֲנוּפָהf. (b. h. חֲנֻפָה, some ed. חֲנֻפָּ׳; חָנַף) 1) hypocrisy, dishonesty, flattery. Sot.41b אדם שיש בו ח׳ a man in whom there is insincerity. Ib. אגרופה של ח׳ the power of flattery (towards Agrippa). Ib. 42a עדה … ח׳ a community in which insincerity (flattery to power) prevails. Snh.52a בשביל ח׳ שהחניפו לקרח because, they flattered Korah. Kidd.49b ח׳ וגסותוכ׳ cringing submission (to power) and haughtiness (towards the weak); a. e. 2) faithlessness to religion, apostasy. Gen. R. s. 48, beg. כל ח׳וכ׳ where the root חנף is used in the Bible, it means heresy; Yalk. Is. 304.