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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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Judges 13:14
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 13:14 · retained source text

She may not eate of any thing that commeth of the Uine, neither let her drinke wine or strong drinke, nor eat any vncleane thing: all that I commanded her, let her obserue.

2 Chronicles 23:19
And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 23:19 · retained source text

And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was vncleane in any thing, should enter in.

1611 marginal note1.Chro. 26.1.&c.

Ezra 9:11
Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezra 9:11 · retained source text

Which thou hast commanded by thy seruants the prophets, saying, The land vnto which ye go to possesse it, is an vncleane land, with the filthinesse of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which haue filled it from one end to another, with their vncleannesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of thy seruants.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from mouth to mouth.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.32. deut. 7.3.

Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 14:4 · retained source text

Who can bring a cleane thing out of an vncleane? not one.

1611 marginal noteHeb. who will giue?

1611 marginal notePsal. 51.5.

Job 36:14
They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 36:14 · retained source text

They die in youth, and their life is among the vncleane.

1611 marginal noteHebr. their soule dieth.

1611 marginal noteOr, Sodomites.

Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 9:2 · retained source text

All things come alike to all: there is one euent to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the cleane, and to the vncleane; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner, and hee that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

1611 marginal noteMala. 3.14. psal. 73.2. & 12.13.

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
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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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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.

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