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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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Malachi 1:7
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the Lord is contemptible.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Malachi 1:7 · retained source text

Yee offer polluted bread vpon mine altar; and yee say, Wherein haue we polluted thee? In that yee say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.

1611 marginal noteOr, bring vnto &c.

Malachi 1:12
¶ But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the Lord is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Malachi 1:12 · retained source text

¶ But yee haue prophaned it, in that yee say; The table of the LORD is polluted, and the fruite thereof, euen his meate, is contemptible.

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

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