5 occurrences

'Unholy' in the Bible

You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; you shall not pour out a drink offering on it.

Verse ConceptsAltar Of Incensedrink offeringAnimal Sacrifices, Meal OfferingIncense Offered AmissMeat offerings

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective [ceremonial] censers, put fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange (unauthorized, unacceptable) fire before the Lord, [an act] which He had not commanded them to do.

Verse ConceptsFireWorship, Acceptable AttitudesAaron, CharacterDisobedience, Examples OfSacrilegeCensersForeign ThingsBurning SacrificesIncense Offered Amiss

and to make a distinction and recognize a difference between the holy (sacred) and the common (profane), and between the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean;

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

But Nadab and Abihu died [in the presence of God] when they offered [in their ceremonial censers] strange [unholy, unacceptable, unauthorized] fire before the Lord.

Verse ConceptsDeath As PunishmentBurning Sacrifices

“When you come to appear before Me,Who requires this of you, this trampling of My [temple] courts [by your sinful feet]?

Verse ConceptsPilgrimageTrampling Places

Bible Theasaurus

Demonic (8 instances)
Diabolical (1 instance)
Infernal (2 instances)
Satanic (2 instances)
Sinful (113 instances)
Unhallowed (12 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀνόσιος 
Anosios 
Usage: 2

κοινός 
Koinos 
Usage: 12