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polluted

Meaning of “polluted”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of pollute, meaning to defile, make unclean, or profane.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
40 occurrences39 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 20:25

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2 Kings 23:16
And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:16 · retained source text

And as Iosiah turned himselfe, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, & tooke the bones out of the sepulchres, and burnt them vpon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

1611 marginal note1.King 13.2.

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Defiled; rendered unclean; tainted with guilt; impaired; profaned.

volume 2, leaf 322, column 2 (entry starts at OCR line 59)