Quran glossary · draft

ختر

habitual betrayer

Given to betraying an allegiance previously professed.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: ختر

Lemmas: ختار

Forms: خَتَّارٍ

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

31:32

وَإِذَا غَشِيَهُم مَّوْجٌ كَٱلظُّلَلِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى ٱلْبَرِّ فَمِنْهُم مُّقْتَصِدٌ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَّا كُلُّ خَتَّارٍ كَفُورٍ

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole target is an intensive adjective in a maritime danger sequence. People call on God with exclusive devotion when waves cover them, but after rescue the target character denies God's signs and is paired with كَفُورٍ, exposing a treacherous reversal.