18 occurrences

'Defile' in the Bible

You are not to make yourselves detestable on account of any swarming creature that swarms the land, and you are not to defile yourselves and become unclean due to them,

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesHating UncleannessThe Environment

because I, the LORD, am your God. Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I am holy. You are not to defile yourselves with any of the swarming creatures that swarm the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, The LordLaw, OtSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterUnclean SpiritsPeople Polluting ThemselvesThe Lord Is GodBe Holy For I Am Holy

"So separate the Israelis from their uncleanness so that they won't die in their uncleanness if they defile my tent that is in their midst.

Verse ConceptsExclusivenessHoliness,  Worldly SeparationParticipation, In SinSeparationDeath Due To God's PresencePolluting Holy Places

"You are not to present yourself to an animal in order to have sexual relations with it and by doing so to defile yourself. A woman is not to present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it. It's detestable.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfBestialityLaws Of Sexual UnionRelation Of Animals To ManInterracial Marriagesex

"You are not to defile yourselves by doing any of these things, since all of these nations that I'm casting out before you have defiled themselves this way.

Verse ConceptsPollutionsPollution ForbiddenThe Lord Will Drive Them OutDefilement

"You are not to defile your daughter by engaging her in prostitution so the land won't become filled with wickedness.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersLove, In RelationshipsProstitutionRightsSexual Sin, Nature OfSexualityHarlotsProvokingTattoos Being Okwhores

The LORD told Moses, "Speak to the priests, Aaron's sons, and tell them that no priest is to defile himself on account of the dead among his people,

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationPriests, Function In Ot TimesPollutionsPollution ForbiddenDeath Of A Family MemberGrandmothers

virgin sister (who is a near relative of him and did not have a husband he may defile himself for her).

Verse ConceptsBrothersSinglenessvirginity

Because he is a husband among his people, he is not to defile himself, thereby polluting himself.

Verse ConceptsPollution Forbidden

They are to be holy to their God. They are not to defile the name of their God, because they're the ones who bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire the food of their God so they are to be holy.

Verse ConceptsCripplesHoliness Of MinistersIrreverenceMinisters, Should BeProfaning God's NameMaking People Holy

He is not to go out of the sanctuary or defile the sanctuary of his God, because his God's consecrating oil of anointing rests on him. I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsGoing OutsideAnointing PriestsI Am The Lord

"He is not to defile his children among his people, because I am the LORD, who sets him apart."

Verse ConceptsI Am The LordMaking People Holy

but he is not to enter through the curtain nor approach the altar, since he has a defect. That way, he won't defile my sanctuary, since I am the LORD, who sets you apart."

Verse ConceptsNot Coming Near To GodI Am The LordMaking People Holy

"Tell Aaron and his sons that they are to separate themselves for the sacred things of the Israelis and that they are not to defile my holy name. I am the LORD.

Verse ConceptsIrreverenceProfaning God's NameI Am The Lord

They are not to defile the sacred things of the Israelis that they have offered to the LORD,

Verse ConceptsDesecration

"You are not to defile my sacred name, because I've been set apart in the midst of the Israelis. Furthermore, I am the LORD, who sets you apart

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfRitual LawSanctification, Nature And BasisProfaning God's NameI Am The LordHallowedMaking People Holy

Bible Theasaurus

Corrupt (70 instances)
Defile (89 instances)
Deteriorate (2 instances)
Gorge (4 instances)
Stain (9 instances)
Taint (1 instance)
Tarnish (1 instance)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּאל 
Ga'al 
Usage: 11

גּאל 
Go'el 
Usage: 1

חלל 
Chalal 
Usage: 142

חנף 
Chaneph 
Usage: 11

טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 162

טמא 
Tame' 
Usage: 88

טמה 
Tamah 
Usage: 1

טנף 
Tanaph 
Usage: 1

עלל 
`alal 
Usage: 19

ἀρσενοκοίτης 
Arsenokoites 
Usage: 2

κοινός 
Koinos 
Usage: 12

κοινόω 
Koinoo 
Usage: 5

μιαίνω 
Miaino 
Usage: 5

μολύνω 
Moluno 
Usage: 2

σπίλος 
Spilos 
Usage: 1

φθείρω 
Phtheiro 
Usage: 8

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