149 occurrences

'Unclean' in the Bible

Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcase of an unclean beast, or the carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of an unclean crawling thing, and it be hid from him, he also is unclean and guilty;

Verse ConceptsLivestockCarcass, Literal UseContaminationIgnorance Of EvilPeople Being PollutedRules About CorpsesGuiltpork

And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offering be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, it shall not be reckoned to him that hath presented it; it shall be an unclean thing, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsAcceptance, divineAcceptance, Of WorshipThree Days

And the flesh that toucheth anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. And as to the flesh, all that are clean may eat the flesh.

Verse ConceptsSanitation, DisinfectionTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean SpiritsForbidden FoodUnclean Animals

And if any one touch anything unclean, the uncleanness of man, or unclean beast, or any unclean abomination, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace-offering, which is for Jehovah, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples.

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

Only these shall ye not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those with cloven hoofs: the camel, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs it shall be unclean unto you;

Verse ConceptsCamelsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

and the rock-badger, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs it shall be unclean unto you;

Verse ConceptsBadgersAnimals, Types OfUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatRock BadgerUnclean Animals

and the hare, for it cheweth the cud, but hath not cloven hoofs it shall be unclean unto you;

Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animals

and the swine, for it hath cloven hoofs, and feet quite split open, but it cheweth not the cud it shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsSwineAbstaining From MeatsPigsUnclean SpiritsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals EatUnclean Animalspork

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch: they shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsTouchCorpses Of AnimalsTouching Unclean ThingsForbidden FoodEating Meatporkfootball

And by these ye shall make yourselves unclean; whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Eveningbugs

And whoever carrieth ought of their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningCarrying Other Loads

Every beast that hath cloven hoofs, but not feet quite split open, nor cheweth the cud, shall be unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsSanitation, FoodTouching Unclean ThingsCleft HoofsNoting What Animals Eat

And whatever goeth on its paws, among all manner of beasts that go upon all four, those are unclean unto you: whoever toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

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

And he that carrieth their carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: they shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsWashingClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningCarrying Other Loads

And these shall be unclean unto you among the crawling things which crawl on the earth: the mole, and the field-mouse, and the lizard, after its kind;

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

These shall be unclean unto you among all that crawl: whoever toucheth them when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsCorpses Of AnimalsUnclean Until Evening

And on whatever any of them when they are dead doth fall, it shall be unclean; all vessels of wood, or garment, or skin, or sack, every vessel wherewith work is done it shall be put into water, and be unclean until the even; then shall it be clean.

Verse ConceptsDressClean ObjectsUnclean Until Evening

And every earthen vessel into which any of them falleth whatever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

Verse ConceptsClayBreaking Containers

All food that is eaten on which such water hath come shall be unclean; and all drink that is drunk shall be unclean, in every such vessel.

Verse ConceptsMoist ThingsWeed

And everything where upon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean; oven and hearth shall be broken down: they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsBakingOvensBreaking Containersporkcookingpot

Nevertheless, a spring or a well, a quantity of water, shall be clean. But he that toucheth their carcase shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean Things

but if water have been put on the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsMoist Things

And if any beast which is to you for food die, he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.

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

And he that eateth of its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even: he also that carrieth its carcase shall wash his garments, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningForbidden FoodCarrying Other Loads

Ye shall not make yourselves abominable through any crawling thing which crawleth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

Verse ConceptsPeople Polluting ThemselvesHating UncleannessThe Environment

For I am Jehovah your God; and ye shall hallow yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean through any manner of crawling thing which creepeth on 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

to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that is to be eaten and the beast that is not to be eaten.

Verse ConceptsAnimal LifeMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanFood Defined

Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a male, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of the separation of her infirmity shall she be unclean.

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

And if she bear a female, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation; and she shall continue sixty-six days in the blood of her cleansing.

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

And when the priest looketh on the sore in the skin of the flesh, and the hair in the sore is turned white, and the sore looketh deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the sore 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 on him, and behold, the scab hath 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, and he shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.

And on the day when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsLiving Things

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

Verse ConceptsLiving Things

and the priest shall look on it, and behold, it looketh deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof is turned white; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy broken out in the boil.

Verse ConceptsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite Hair

and if it spread much in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingAbscess

and the priest look on it, and behold, the hair is turned white in the bright spot, and it looketh deeper than the skin, it is a leprosy which is broken out in the inflammation; and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy.

Verse ConceptsThe Hair Of The BodyWhite Hair

And the priest shall look on him the seventh day, and if it have spread much in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the sore of leprosy.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekDay 7

and the priest look on the sore, and behold, it looketh deeper than the skin, and there is in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scall, the leprosy of the head or the beard.

Verse ConceptsNarrow ThingsThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrownColorHair

and the priest shall look on him, and behold, the scall hath spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair: he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Hair Of The BodyYellowBrown

he is a leprous man, he is unclean; the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his sore is in his head.

Verse ConceptsLeprosy

And as to the leper in whom the sore is, his garments shall be rent, and his head shall be uncovered, and he shall put a covering on his beard, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean!

Verse ConceptsCovering The MouthPurity, Nature OfVeilsQuarantiningCovering HeadsFacial Hair

All the days that the sore shall be in him he shall be unclean: he is unclean; he shall dwell apart; outside the camp shall his dwelling be.

Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsQuarantiningQuarantineIsolated PersonsOutside The Camp

And he shall see the sore on the seventh day: if the sore have spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in a skin, in any work that may be made of skin, the sore is a corroding leprosy: it is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingThe Seventh Day Of The WeekCordsAnimal SkinsDay 7Unclean Thingsmold

And the priest shall look on the sore after the washing, and behold, if the sore have not changed its appearance, and the sore have not spread, it is unclean: thou shalt burn it with fire: it is a fretting sore on what is threadbare or where the nap is gone.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingUnclean Things

This is the law of the sore of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in anything of skin, to cleanse it, or to pronounce it unclean.

Verse ConceptsCordsAnimal SkinsClean And UncleanUnclean Thingsmold

and the priest shall command that they empty the house before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean; and afterwards the priest shall go in to see the house.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfEmptyingUnclean Things

then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them out of the city, in an unclean place.

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 have scraped off, out of the city in an unclean place.

Verse ConceptsMedicineOutside The CityPlasterUnclean Things

then the priest shall come, and when he looketh, and behold, the plague hath spread in the house, it is a corroding leprosy in the house: it is unclean.

Verse ConceptsSpreadingInspectingUnclean Thingsmold

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

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of HousesOutside The CityUnclean Things

And he that goeth into the house as long as it is shut up shall be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsShutting DoorsUnclean Until Evening

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man have a flux from his flesh, because of his flux he is unclean.

Verse ConceptsHoliness,  Worldly SeparationDischarges

Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the flux shall be unclean; and every object on which he sitteth shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsSeatsBedsUnclean Things

And whoever toucheth his bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsMedicineTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And he that sitteth on any object whereon he sat that hath the flux shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsSeatsBedsUnclean Until Evening

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

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

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

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaDischargesUnclean Until Evening

And what carriage soever he rideth upon that hath the flux shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsSeatsUnclean Things

And whoever toucheth anything that was under him shall be unclean until the even; and he that carrieth them shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And whomsoever he toucheth who hath the flux and hath not rinsed his hands in water he shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsContaminationPollutionsTouching Unclean ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And if any man's seed of copulation pass from him, then he shall bathe his whole 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 the seed of copulation shall be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsAnimal SkinsClean ClothesUnclean Until EveningInstruction About Clothes

And if a woman have a flux, and her flux in her flesh be blood, she shall be seven days in her separation, and whoever 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 separation shall be unclean; and everything that she sitteth upon shall be unclean.

Verse ConceptsUnclean Things

And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his garments, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsClean ClothesUnclean Until Evening

And whoever toucheth any object that she sat upon shall wash his garments, and bathe 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 a man lie with her at all, and the uncleanness of her separation come 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 her flux of blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if she have the flux beyond the time of her separation, all the days of the flux of her uncleanness shall she be as in the days of her separation: she is unclean.

Verse ConceptsBleedingAction For A Long Time

Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her flux shall be unto her as the bed of her separation; and every object on which she sitteth shall be unclean, according to the uncleanness of her separation.

Verse ConceptsUnclean Things

And whoever toucheth them shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even.

Verse ConceptsTouching Unclean ThingsClean ClothesUnclean Until Evening

and for a woman who is sick in her separation, and for him that hath his flux; for the man and for the woman, and for him that lieth with her that is unclean.

Verse ConceptsBleedingSex And UncleannessRegulations For Men And Women

And every soul that eateth of a dead carcase, or of that which was torn, be it one home-born, or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and be unclean until the even: then he shall be clean.

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

And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.

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

Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.

Verse ConceptsPollutionsPollution ForbiddenThe Lord Will Drive Them OutDefilement

And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsRetributionSin, Effects OfPolluting The LandDefilementovereating

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);

Verse ConceptsPolluting The Land

that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Verse ConceptsPurity, Moral And SpiritualRetributionDefilementSame Sex Marriage

And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not any of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.

Verse ConceptsCustomPurity, Moral And SpiritualThe Lord Is GodHating Uncleanness

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an unclean thing: it shall not be accepted.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysRemaining FoodForbidden FoodAcceptanceEating Meat

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, so as to make my sanctuary unclean, and to profane my holy name.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodOpposition, To Sin And EvilSanctuaryProfaning God's NameGod OpposingPolluting Holy PlacesThose To Be Cut Off From Israel

And ye shall make a separation between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean, and ye shall not make yourselves an abomination by beast, or by fowl, or by anything that creepeth on the ground which I have separated for you, declaring it as unclean.

Verse ConceptsDefilement, Ceremonial CausesMan DifferentiatingClean And UncleanAnimals Having A Soul

And Jehovah said to Moses, Speak unto the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none make himself unclean for a dead person among his peoples,

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

and for his sister, a virgin, that is near unto him, who hath had no husband, for her may he make himself unclean.

Verse ConceptsBrothersSinglenessvirginity

He shall not make himself unclean who is a chief among his peoples, to profane himself.

Verse ConceptsPollution Forbidden

Whatsoever man of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a flux, he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. And he that toucheth any one that is unclean by a dead person, or a man whose seed of copulation hath passed from him;

Verse ConceptsLeprosySkinSemenDischargesRules About Corpses

or a man that toucheth any crawling thing whereby he becometh unclean, or a man by whom he may become unclean, whatever may be his uncleanness,

Verse ConceptsCrawling

a person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but he shall bathe his flesh with water,

Verse ConceptsTouching Holy ThingsUnclean Until Evening

And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not bring an offering unto Jehovah, then he shall present the beast before the priest;

But if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thy valuation, and shall add a fifth of it thereto; and if it be not redeemed, it shall be sold according to thy valuation.

Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsUnclean Animals

He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister when they die; for the consecration of his God is upon his head.

Verse ConceptsLove Between RelativesNot Honouring Parents

And there were men, who were unclean through the dead body of a man, and could not hold the passover on that day; and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

Verse ConceptsRules About Corpses

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Dirty (13 instances)
Impure (44 instances)
Soiled (3 instances)
Unclean (414 instances)