Words the Bible translates as defile
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 10 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tameטָמֵאto be or become ceremonially or morally unclean, or to make something or someone unclean
- ḥalalחָלַלto treat as common what is holy: to profane, defile, or strip of its sacred standing
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- to begin, to make a start at something or do it for the first time
- to pierce, wound, or run through, often fatally
- to play on the pipe or flute
- anahעָנָהto bring someone low: to afflict, humble, or oppress, by force or by hardship; and being brought low oneself.
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- to be occupied or busied with something: to be kept busy at a task.
- phtheirōφθείρωto ruin something: to bring what was whole or pure into a spoiled, corrupted, or destroyed state, so that human corruption and the destruction it invites can be named by one word
- molunōμολύνωto defile by besmirching: to soil or stain a person or thing so it is disgracefully dirtied and unfit for holy company
- koinoōκοινόωto make common: to render or treat something as ritually unclean, stripping it of clean or holy standing; to defile
- ga'alגָּאַלto defile by staining: to soil something, most vividly with blood, until it is polluted or unfit for holy use
- ḥanephחָנֵףto defile, or to be defiled: to spoil a land by bloodshed and unfaithfulness until it can no longer hold God's presence, and to turn a person godless
- rhupoōῥυπόωto defilenot studied yet
- tamahטָמָהto defilenot studied yet
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