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# seduce

verb

«seduce» 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

In Kings it describes how King Manasseh led his people into worse evil than the nations.

**Interpretation.** Tradition treats Manasseh as an example of a leader whose bad example harms many, yet who was said to repent later.

### Meaning

To lead someone astray, to tempt them into doing wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seduce/#m1)

### Examples

- But they hearkened not; and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the nations, whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. (Prophets 2KI.21.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/seduce/#x1)

### Note

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

## On Mova

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