heathen 音标拼音: [h'iðən]
n . 异教徒,野蛮人,粗野的人
a . 异教的,野蛮的
异教徒,野蛮人,粗野的人异教的,野蛮的
heathen adj 1 :
not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam [
synonym : {
heathen }, {
heathenish }, {
pagan }, {
ethnic }]
n 1 :
a person who does not acknowledge your god [
synonym : {
heathen },
{
pagan }, {
gentile }, {
infidel }]
Heathen \
Hea "
then \ (
h [=
e ]"[
th ]'
n ),
a .
1 .
Gentile ;
pagan ;
as ,
a heathen author . "
The heathen philosopher ." "
All in gold ,
like heathen gods ." --
Shak .
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2 .
Barbarous ;
unenlightened ;
heathenish .
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3 .
Irreligious ;
scoffing .
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Heathen \
Hea "
then \ (
h [=
e ]"[
th ]'
n ;
277 ),
n .;
pl . {
Heathens }
(-[
th ]'
nz )
or collectively {
Heathen }. [
OE .
hethen ,
AS .
h [=
ae ][
eth ]
en ,
prop .
an adj .
fr .
h [=
ae ][
eth ]
heath ,
and orig .,
therefore ,
one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (
cf .
pagan ,
fr .
pagus village );
akin to OS .
h [=
e ][
eth ]
in ,
adj .,
D .
heiden a heathen ,
G .
heide ,
OHG .
heidan ,
Icel .
hei [
eth ]
inn ,
adj .,
Sw .
heden ,
Goth .
hai [
thorn ]
n [=
o ],
n .
fem .
See {
Heath },
and cf . {
Hoiden }.]
1 .
An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations ,
or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God ;
a pagan ;
an idolater .
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2 .
An irreligious person .
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If it is no more than a moral discourse ,
he may preach it and they may hear it ,
and yet both continue unconverted heathens . --
V .
Knox .
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{
The heathen },
as the term is used in the Scriptures ,
all people except the Jews ;
now used of all people except Christians ,
Jews ,
and Mohammedans .
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Ask of me ,
and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance . --
Ps .
ii .
8 .
Syn :
Pagan ;
gentile .
See {
Pagan }.
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93 Moby Thesaurus words for "
heathen ":
Gothic ,
Philistine ,
agnostic ,
allotheist ,
allotheistic ,
animist ,
animistic ,
atheist ,
atheistic ,
barbarian ,
barbaric ,
barbarous ,
bibliolatrous ,
bookless ,
chthonian ,
deceived ,
disbeliever ,
disbelieving ,
doubting ,
ethnic ,
faithless ,
fetishistic ,
functionally illiterate ,
gentile ,
godless ,
grammarless ,
heathenish ,
heretic ,
heretical ,
hoodwinked ,
idol worshiping ,
idolater ,
idolatress ,
idolatric ,
idolatrical ,
idolatrous ,
idolistic ,
ill -
educated ,
illiterate ,
infidel ,
infidelic ,
irreligious ,
led astray ,
lowbrow ,
minimifidian ,
misinformed ,
misinstructed ,
mistaught ,
nonbeliever ,
nonintellectual ,
nullifidian ,
pagan ,
paganish ,
paganistic ,
pagano -
Christian ,
pantheistic ,
polytheist ,
polytheistic ,
primitive ,
profane ,
rude ,
savage ,
sceptic ,
sceptical ,
secularist ,
unbeliever ,
unbelieving ,
unbooked ,
unbookish ,
unbooklearned ,
unbriefed ,
unchristian ,
uncivilized ,
uncultivated ,
uncultured ,
unedified ,
uneducated ,
unenlightened ,
unerudite ,
unguided ,
uninstructed ,
unintellectual ,
unlearned ,
unlettered ,
unliterary ,
unread ,
unrefined ,
unscholarly ,
unschooled ,
unstudious ,
untaught ,
untutored ,
zoolatrous Heathen (
Heb .
plural goyum ).
At first the word _goyim_ denoted generally all the nations of the world (
Gen .
18 :
18 ;
comp .
Gal .
3 :
8 ).
The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the other _goyim_ .
They were a separate people (
Lev .
20 :
23 ;
26 :
14 -
45 ;
Deut .
28 ),
and the other nations ,
the Amorites ,
Hittites ,
etc .,
were the _goyim_ ,
the heathen ,
with whom the Jews were forbidden to be associated in any way (
Josh .
23 :
7 ;
1 Kings 11 :
2 ).
The practice of idolatry was the characteristic of these nations ,
and hence the word came to designate idolaters (
Ps .
106 :
47 ;
Jer .
46 :
28 ;
Lam .
1 :
3 ;
Isa .
36 :
18 ),
the wicked (
Ps .
9 :
5 ,
15 ,
17 ).
The corresponding Greek word in the New Testament ,
_ethne_ ,
has similar shades of meaning .
In Acts 22 :
21 ,
Gal .
3 :
14 ,
it denotes the people of the earth generally ;
and in Matt .
6 :
7 ,
an idolater .
In modern usage the word denotes all nations that are strangers to revealed religion .
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