Read the Bible

KJV dictionary & concordance

polluted

Meaning of “polluted”

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

Definition sources

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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 20:25

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “polluted”

KJV PCE

Remembering a verse with different wording? Find a verse across the Bible →

Showing verses 31–39 of 39 · 40 word occurrences in this result

Hosea 6:8
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 6:8 · retained source text

Gilead is a city of them that worke iniquitie; and is polluted with blood.

1611 marginal noteOr, cunning for blood.

Hosea 9:4
They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 9:4 · retained source text

They shall not offer wine offrings to the LORD: neither shall they be pleasing vnto him: their sacrifices shalbe vnto them as the bread of mourners: all that eate thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soule shall not come into the house of the LORD.

Amos 7:17
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 7:17 · retained source text

Therfore thus sayth the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sonnes and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be diuided by line: and thou shalt die in a polluted land, and Israel shall surely goe into captiuitie foorth of his land.

Micah 2:10
Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Micah 2:10 · retained source text

Arise ye and depart, for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you euen with a sore destruction.

Zephaniah 3:1
WOE to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:4 · retained source text

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests haue polluted the Sanctuarie, they haue done violence to the Law.

1611 marginal noteIer.23.11. hose.9.7.

1611 marginal noteEzek.22.26.

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.

Acts 21:28
Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 21:28 · retained source text

Crying out, Men of Israel, helpe: this is y e man that teacheth al men euery where against the people, and the law, and this place: and farther brought Greeks also into the Temple, and hath polluted this holy place.

Complete reference index — all 39 verses

Where “polluted” appears

Select a book to filter the concordance. Occurrences and verses are counted separately.

Source order

Definition evidence

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

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

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