Pharisee

English Etymology From en la Pharisaeus, from en grc Φαρισαῖος, a transliteration of en arc פְּרִישַׁיָּא pərîšayyâ’, emphatic plural of arc פְּרִישׁ separatist separated pərîš, related to he פרוש parush, qal passive participle of the verb he פָּרַשׁ pāraš, meaning one who is separated for a life of purity. Pronunciation en /ˈfɛɹɪsiː/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Pharisee.wav Southern England en /ˈfɛɹɪsi/ GA en ɛəɹɪsi 3 Noun en historical A member of an ancient Jewish political party, a social movement, and a school of thought among Jews that flourished during the Second Temple Era (536 –70 ). The movement was ultimately the basis for most contemporary forms of Judaism. Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. I cannot tell. They [Jews]are always doing it. The Pharisees, for instance, say that there are angels, and the Sadducees declare that angels do not exist. en figuratively by extension ; pejorative A person who values the letter of the law over its spirit or intention. chapter III He was, and is yet most likely, the wearisomest self-righteous Pharisee that ever ransacked a Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses to his neighbours. en c. 1870 Charles Spurgeon Morning and Evening The spider fattens himself on flies, and the Pharisee has his reward. Foolish persons are easily entrapped by the loud professions of pretenders, and even the more judicious cannot always escape. en 6 July 1989 1988 October Dmitriy Volkogonov Dmitri Volkogonov Triumph and Tragedy: A Portrait of I.V. Stalin JPRS Report: Soviet Union 043 https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-upa-89-043/ w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Moscow, Oktyabr, No 10 ru 831666655 1 https://archive.org/details/jprs-report_jprs-upa-89-043/page/n2/ 1 The Pharisees of the bourgeoisie love the saying: de mortuis aut bene aut nihil (speak none ill of the dead). The proletariat needs the truth both about living politicians and about the dead for those who truly merit the name of politician do not die for politics when their physical demise comes. Coordinate terms en Sadducee en Essene Derived terms en Pharisaic pharisaic pharisaical pharisaically pharisaicalness pharisaism,Pharisaism Phariseeism Pharisee-like Translations member of an ancient Jewish political party, social movement, etc Aghwan: xag 𐕢𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕚𐔰 Arabic: ar فَرِّيسِيّ Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܦܪܝܼܫܵܐ m Classical Syriac: syc ܦܪܝܫܐ m Armenian: hy փարիսեցի Bulgarian: bg фарисе́й m Catalan: ca fariseu m Cherokee: chr ᎠᏆᎵᏏ, chr ᎠᏉᎵᏏ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 法利賽人 faat3 lei6 coi1 jan4, yue 法利塞人 Mandarin: cmn 法利賽人 Fǎlìsàirén, cmn 法利塞人 Danish: da farisæer c Dutch: nl farizeeër m Esperanto: eo fariseo Faroese: fo fariseari m Finnish: fi fariseus French: fr pharisien m German: de Pharisäer m, de Pharisäerin f Gothic: got 𐍆𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌹𐌿𐍃 m Greek: el Φαρισαίος m Ancient Greek: grc Φαρισαῖος m Greenlandic: kl farisiiari Hawaiian: haw Parisaio Haitian Creole: ht farizyen Hebrew: he פָּרוּשׁ parúsh Hindi: hi फ़रीसी m f Hungarian: hu farizeus Icelandic: is farísei m Indonesian: id farisi Irish: ga Fairisíneach m Italian: it fariseo m Japanese: ja パリサイ人 parisai-bito, ja ファリサイ派 farisai-ha Kazakh: kk парызшыл Latin: la Pharisaeus Pharī̆saeus m Lithuanian: lt fariziẽjus m Luhya: luy omfarisayo Macedonian: mk фарисеј m Malay: ms Farisi Māori: mi Parihī Plautdietsch: pdt Farisäa m Polish: pl faryzeusz m Portuguese: pt fariseu m Romanian: ro fariseu m Russian: ru фарисе́й m Spanish: es fariseo m Swahili: sw farisayo Swedish: sv farisé c Tagalog: tl Pariseo Volapük: ♂♀ vo farisetan, ♂ vo hifarisetan, ♀ vo jifarisetan person who values form over content Armenian: hy փարիսեցի Finnish: fi fariseus, fi farisealainen Greek: el Φαρισαίος m Polish: pl faryzeusz m Portuguese: pt fariseu Romanian: ro fariseu m Russian: ru фарисе́й m References 526b פָּרוּשׁ Anagrams en aeehiprs Hesperia