5 occurrences
'Defile' in the Bible
These are the things which defile and dishonor the man; but eating with [ceremonially] unwashed hands does not defile the man.”
there is nothing outside a man [such as food] which by going into him can defile him [morally or spiritually]; but the things which come out of [the heart of] a man are what defile and dishonor him.
And the voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).”
But the voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).’
He even tried to desecrate the temple, but we took him into custody [and we intended to judge him by our Law,