Quran glossary · draft

حوب

sin

A wrongful act carrying grave moral blame.

Lexical scope

Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 1

Roots: حوب

Lemmas: حوب

Forms: حُوبًا

Occurrence examples (1 of 1)

Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 1.

4:2

وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ وَلَا تَتَبَدَّلُوا۟ ٱلْخَبِيثَ بِٱلطَّيِّبِ وَلَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَمْوَٰلِكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ حُوبًا كَبِيرًا

Why this meaning was chosen

The sole occurrence evaluates consuming orphans' property together with one's own and qualifies the noun as great. The moral prohibition and evaluative predicate directly support the sin core.