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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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40 occurrences39 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 20:25

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Exodus 20:25
And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 20:25 · retained source text

And if thou wilt make mee an Altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewen stone: for if thou lift vp thy toole vpon it, thou hast polluted it.

1611 marginal noteHebr. build them with hewing.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 27.5. iosh. 8.31.

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

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