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# imposter

noun

«imposter» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## In Jewish tradition

It means false prophets and fortune-tellers whose signs God proves empty.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah teaches that only God truly knows the future, so those who claim otherwise will be shown to be fools.

### Meaning

A person who pretends to be someone else, or a fraud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imposter/#m1)

### Examples

- That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Prophets ISA.44.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imposter/#x1)

### Note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «imposter» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/imposter/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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