חֲנוּפָה, 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׳ וגסות וכ׳ cringing submission (to power) and haughtiness (towards the weak); a. e.
חֲנוּפָה, 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.