Words the Bible translates as unclean
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- akathartosἀκάθαρτοςunclean: defiled and unfit to come near what is holy, the opposite of pure.
- tameטָמֵאto be or become ceremonially or morally unclean, or to make something or someone unclean
- tameטָמֵאritually unclean: in a condition that bars a person, animal, or object from the sphere of worship until it is set right
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- morally defiled: stained by grave sin, so that a person, a people, or the land itself is fouled before God
- koinosκοινόςshared: belonging to a whole group together rather than to one person
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- defiled: made unfit to touch what is holy, and so to be kept away from it
- sheqetsשֶׁקֶץa detestable creature: an animal the law puts off-limits, to be met with open disgust and not merely kept at a distance
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