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filthy

Meaning of “filthy”

Sense 1: Dirty, foul, or unclean. Sense 2: Morally polluted or defiled. Sense 3: Obtained by base or dishonest means.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
17 occurrences16 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Job 15:16

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Psalms 14:3
They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 14:3 · retained source text

They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no not one.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stincking.

Psalms 53:3
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
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1611 witness · Psalms 53:3 · retained source text

Euery one of them is gone backe, they are altogether become filthy: there is none that doth good, no not one.

Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 64:6 · retained source text

But we are al as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy ragges, and we all doe fade as a leafe, and our iniquities like the wind haue taken vs away.

1611 marginal notePsal.50.5,6.

Zephaniah 3:1
WOE to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Woe to her that is filthie and polluted, to the oppressing citie.

1611 marginal noteOr, gluttenous. Heb. craw.

Zechariah 3:4
And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.
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1611 witness · Zechariah 3:4 · retained source text

And he answered, and spake vnto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthie garments from him. And vnto him he said, Behold, I haue caused thine iniquity to passe from thee, and I wil clothe thee with change of raiment.

1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Timothy 3:3 · retained source text

Not giuen to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous;

1611 marginal noteOr, not ready to quarell and offer wrong, as one in wine.

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Polluted; defiled by sinful practices; morally impure. Dirty; foul; unclean; nasty. Obtained by base and dishonest means.

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