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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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Jeremiah 3:2
Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 3:2 · retained source text

Lift vp thine eyes vnto the high places, and see where thou hast not bene lien with: in the wayes hast thou sate for them, as the Arabian in the wildernesse, and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredomes, and with thy wickednes.

Jeremiah 34:16
But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:16 · retained source text

But yee turned and polluted my Name, and caused euery man his seruant, and euery man his handmaide, whome yee had set at libertie at their pleasure, to returne; and brought them into subiection, to bee vnto you for seruants and for handmaids.

Lamentations 2:2
The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:2 · retained source text

The LORD hath swallowed vp all the habitations of Iacob, and hath not pitied: he hath throwen downe in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Iudah: he hath brought them down to the ground: hee hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made to couch.

Lamentations 4:14
They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:14 · retained source text

They haue wandred as blind men in the streetes, they haue polluted themselues with blood, so that men could not touch their garments.

1611 marginal noteOr, in that they could not but touch.

Ezekiel 4:14
Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 4:14 · retained source text

Then said I, Ah LORD God, behold, my soule hath not bene polluted: for from my youth vp euen til now, haue I not eaten of that which dieth of it selfe, or is torne in pieces, neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Ezekiel 14:11
That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord God.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 14:11 · retained source text

That the house of Israel may goe no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may bee their God, sayeth the LORD God.

Ezekiel 16:6
¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:6 · retained source text

¶ And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine owne blood, I said vnto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Liue: yea I said vnto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Liue.

1611 marginal noteOr, troden vnder foot.

Ezekiel 16:22
And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 16:22 · retained source text

And in all thine abominations and thy whooredomes, thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood.

Ezekiel 20:9
But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:9 · retained source text

But I wrought for my names sake that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made my selfe knowen vnto them, in bringing them foorth out of the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 20:13
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 20:13 · retained source text

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wildernesse: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my iudgements, which if a man doe, hee shall euen liue in them, and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said I would powre out my furie vpon them in the wildernesse, to consume them:

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.28.

1611 marginal noteNumb. 14.29. and 26.65.

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

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