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profane

Meaning of “profane”

Unholy, irreverent, defiled, or common in contrast with consecrated; to profane is to dishonour, desecrate, defile, or treat as common.

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33 occurrences33 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 18:21

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Matthew 12:5
Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
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1611 witness · Matthew 12:5 · retained source text

Or haue yee not read in the law, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priests in the Temple profane the Sabbath, and are blamelesse?

1611 marginal noteNum. 28.9.

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