173 occurrences

'Unclean' in the Bible

Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

Verse ConceptsLivestockCarcass, Literal UseContaminationIgnorance Of EvilPeople Being PollutedRules About CorpsesGuiltpork

Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

Verse ConceptsIgnorance Of EvilSin Made Known

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof:

Verse ConceptsSanitation, DisinfectionTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean SpiritsForbidden FoodUnclean Animals

And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which pertain unto Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAbominations, Ceremonial MattersPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsPeople Being PollutedThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

and that ye may make a distinction between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean;

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfPriests, Function In Ot TimesRitual LawMan DifferentiatingClean And Unclean

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof: the camel, because he cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

And the hare, because she cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsSwineAbstaining From MeatsPigsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animalspork

Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch; they are unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsTouchCorpses Of AnimalsTouching Unclean ThingsForbidden FoodEating Meatporkfootball

And by these ye shall become unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even;

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Eveningbugs

And whosoever beareth aught of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningCarrying Other Loads

Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsSanitation, FoodTouching Unclean ThingsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals Eat

And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all fours, they are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean SpiritsUnclean Until EveningFeet Of CreaturesClean And UncleanUnclean Animalscats

And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsWashingClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningCarrying Other Loads

And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind,

Verse ConceptsAnimals, Types OfMiceAccording To Its KindLizardsMolesMany CreaturesKinds Of Living Things

These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsUnclean Until Evening

And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

Verse ConceptsDressClean ObjectsUnclean Until Evening

And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.

Verse ConceptsClayBreaking Containers

All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be unclean; and all drink that may be drunk in every'such vessel shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsMoist ThingsWeed

And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsBakingOvensBreaking Containersporkcookingpot

Nevertheless a fountain or a pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean Things

But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall thereon, it is unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsMoist Things

And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsAnimals, religious role ofTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until EveningRules About Corpses

And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningForbidden FoodCarrying Other Loads

Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesHating UncleannessThe Environment

to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten.

Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanFood Defined

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man-child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the impurity of her sickness shall she be unclean.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPurity, Nature OfSevenSeven DaysBleedingBirthSeven Days For Legal Purposes

But if she bear a maid-child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her impurity; and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfWeeksTen Or More DaysTwo To Four MonthsBleedingPurifying OneselfHaving A Babychildbearing

and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy; and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean.

Verse ConceptsHairsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite HairHairAbscess

and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is leprosy.

Verse ConceptsSpreading

it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsLiving Things

And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.

Verse ConceptsLiving Things

and the priest shall look; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil.

Verse ConceptsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite Hair

And if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingAbscess

then the priest shall look upon it; and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning: and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

Verse ConceptsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite Hair

and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7

then the priest shall look on the plague; and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard.

Verse ConceptsNarrow ThingsThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrownColorHair

then the priest shall look on him; and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair; he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrown

he is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his plague is in his head.

Verse ConceptsLeprosy

And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean.

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthPurity, Nature OfVeilsQuarantiningCovering HeadsFacial Hair

All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his dwelling be.

Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsQuarantiningQuarantineIsolated PersonsOutside The Camp

and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekCordsAnimal SkinsDay 7Unclean Thingsmold

and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed; and, behold, if the plague have not changed its color, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire: it is a fret, whether the bareness be within or without.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingUnclean Things

This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or the woof, or anything of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean.

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal SkinsClean And UncleanUnclean Thingsmold

And the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest goeth in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfEmptyingUnclean Things

then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city:

Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesOutside The CityPlucking OutBuilding Stones RejectedUnclean Things

and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an unclean place:

Verse ConceptsMedicineOutside The CityPlasterUnclean Things

then the priest shall come in and look; and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingInspectingUnclean Thingsmold

And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesOutside The CityUnclean Things

Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsShutting DoorsUnclean Until Evening

to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy.

Verse ConceptsClean And Uncleanmold

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationDischarges

Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean; and everything whereon he sitteth shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsSeatsBedsUnclean Things

And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsMedicineTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And he that sitteth on anything whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsSeatsBedsUnclean Until Evening

And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean, then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaDischargesUnclean Until Evening

And what saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsSeatsUnclean Things

And whosoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And whomsoever he that hath the issue toucheth, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsContaminationPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsBodySemenUnclean Until EveningSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsAnimal SkinsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningInstruction About Clothes

The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfSex And UncleannessUnclean Until EveningsexRelationships With BoyfriendSex Before MarriageSame Sex MarriageSexual PurityMan And Womancouples

And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsDischargesWeeksQuarantiningQuarantineSeven DaysBleedingTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until EveningSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And everything that she lieth upon in her impurity shall be unclean: everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsUnclean Things

And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsClean ClothesUnclean Until Evening

And whosoever toucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsClean ClothesUnclean Until Evening

And if it be on the bed, or on anything whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysSex And UncleannessSeven Days For Legal PurposesUnclean Things

And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue beyond the time of her impurity; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity: she is unclean.

Verse ConceptsBleedingAction For A Long Time

Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity: and everything whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impurity.

Verse ConceptsUnclean Things

And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsClean ClothesUnclean Until Evening

This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copulation goeth from him, so that he is unclean thereby;

Verse ConceptsDischargesSemen

and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

Verse ConceptsBleedingSex And UncleannessRegulations For Men And Women

And every soul that eateth that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingWaterAnimals Torn To PiecesCorpses Of AnimalsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningForbidden Foodnatural Death

Ye shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by anything wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have separated from you as unclean.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanAnimals Having A Soul

What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

Verse ConceptsLeprosySkinSemenDischargesRules About Corpses

or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath;

Verse ConceptsCrawling

the soul that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water.

Verse ConceptsTouching Holy ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation unto Jehovah, then he shall set the beast before the priest;

And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsUnclean Animals

Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is unclean by the dead:

Verse ConceptsHealingLeprosyQuarantiningQuarantineDischarges

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die; because his separation unto God is upon his head.

Verse ConceptsLove Between RelativesNot Honouring Parents

And there were certain men, who were unclean by reason of the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

and those men said unto him, We are unclean by reason of the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the oblation of Jehovah in its appointed season among the children of Israel?

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsJourneyRules About Corpses

Everything that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto Jehovah, both of man and beast shall be thine: nevertheless the first-born of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem.

Verse ConceptsFirstbornAnimals, religious role ofWomb

Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsClean ClothesPeople Being PollutedUnclean Until Evening

And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsClean ClothesPeople Being PollutedUnclean Until Evening

And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever.

Verse ConceptsAshesRitual WashingStrangersClean ClothesPeople Being PollutedUnclean Until EveningForeigners Included In The Law

Whosoever toucheth a dead person, the body of a man that hath died, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationRitual WashingSprinklingContaminationSprinkling WaterTouching Unclean ThingsPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

This is the law when a man dieth in a tent: every one that cometh into the tent, and every one that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.

Verse ConceptsSeven DaysSeven Days For Legal Purposes

And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean.

Verse ConceptsOpening ContainersUnclean Things

And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesGrave, TheTombsCemeterySeven DaysTouching Unclean ThingsRules About CorpsesSeven Days For Legal Purposesnatural Death

And for the unclean they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin-offering; and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:

Verse ConceptsAshesAshes Of Sacrifices

and the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify him; and he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even.

Verse ConceptsEveningSprinkling WaterClean ClothesUnclean Until Evening

But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah: the water for impurity hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsRitual WashingSanctuaryExcommunicationDisfellowshipSprinkling WaterPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

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Dirty (13 instances)
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Soiled (3 instances)
Unclean (414 instances)

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 88

טמאה 
Tum'ah 
Usage: 36

ערוה 
`ervah 
Usage: 54

קדשׁ 
Qadesh 
Usage: 6

קרה 
Qareh 
Usage: 1

ἀκαθαρσία 
Akatharsia 
Usage: 9

ἀκάθαρτος 
Akathartos 
Usage: 27

κοινός 
Koinos 
Usage: 12

κοινόω 
Koinoo 
Usage: 5

μιασμός 
Miasmos 
Usage: 1

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