Words the Bible translates as defiled
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tameטָמֵאmorally defiled: stained by grave sin, so that a person, a people, or the land itself is fouled before God
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- ritually unclean: in a condition that bars a person, animal, or object from the sphere of worship until it is set right
- koinosκοινόςdefiled: made unfit to touch what is holy, and so to be kept away from it
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- shared: belonging to a whole group together rather than to one person
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