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unclean

Meaning of “unclean”

Not clean; ceremonially unfit; physically foul; or morally defiled or impure.

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194 occurrences158 verses25 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 5:2

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Isaiah 6:5
¶ Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 6:5 · retained source text

¶ Then sayd I; woe is me; for I am vndone, because I am a man of vncleane lippes, and I dwell in the midst of a people of vncleane lippes: for mine eyes haue seene the king, the LORD of hostes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cut off.

Isaiah 35:8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 35:8 · retained source text

And an high way shalbe there, and away, and it shall be called the way of holinesse, the vncleane shall not passe ouer it, but it shall be for those: the wayfaringmen, though fooles, shall not erre therein.

1611 marginal noteOr, for he shalbe with them.

Isaiah 52:1
AWAKE, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 52:1 · retained source text

¶ Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion, put on thy beautifull garments, O Ierusalem the holy citie: for hencefoorth there shall no more come into thee the vncircumcised, and the vncleane.

1611 marginal noteChap. 51.17.

Isaiah 52:11
¶ Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 52:11 · retained source text

¶ Depart ye, depart ye, goe ye out from thence, touch no vncleane thing; goe ye out of the middest of her; be yee cleane, that beare the vessels of the LORD.

1611 marginal note2.Cor.6.17. reuel. 18.4.

Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 64:6 · retained source text

But we are al as an vncleane thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy ragges, and we all doe fade as a leafe, and our iniquities like the wind haue taken vs away.

1611 marginal notePsal.50.5,6.

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