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unclean

Meaning of “unclean”

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

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First occurrence: Leviticus 5:2

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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
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

Lamentations 4:15
They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Lamentations 4:15 · retained source text

They cryed vnto them; Depart yee, it is vncleane, depart, depart, touch not, when they fled away and wandred: they said among the heathen, They shall no more soiourne there.

1611 marginal noteOr, yee polluted.

Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:26 · retained source text

Her priests haue violated my law, and haue prophaned mine holy things: they haue put no difference betweene the holy and prophane, neither haue they shewed difference between the vncleane and the cleane, and haue hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am prophaned among them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. offered violence to.

Ezekiel 44:23
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 44:23 · retained source text

And they shall teach my people the difference betweene the holy and prophane, and cause men to discerne betweene the vncleane and the cleane.

Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.
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1611 witness · Hosea 9:3 · retained source text

They shal not dwel in y e LORDs land: but Ephraim shall returne to Egypt, and they shall eat vncleane things in Assyria.

Haggai 2:13
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
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1611 witness · Haggai 2:13 · retained source text

Then said Haggai, If one that is vncleane by a dead body, touch any of these, shal it be vncleane? and the priests answered and said, It shalbe vncleane.

Haggai 2:14
Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the Lord; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.
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1611 witness · Haggai 2:14 · retained source text

Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD, and so is euery worke of their hands, and that which they offer there, is vncleane.

Zechariah 13:2
¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 13:2 · retained source text

¶ And it shal come to passe in that day, saith the LORD of hostes, that I will cut off the names of the idoles out of the land: and they shal no more be remembred: and also I wil cause the prophets, and the vncleane spirit to passe out of the land.

1611 marginal noteEzek.30.13.

Matthew 10:1
AND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
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1611 witness · Matthew 10:1 · retained source text

¶ And when hee had called vnto him his twelue disciples, he gaue them power against vncleane spirits, to cast them out, and to heale all maner of sickenesse, and all maner of disease.

1611 marginal noteOr, ouer.

1611 marginal noteMar. 3.15. luke 9.1.

Matthew 12:43
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 12:43 · retained source text

When the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, hee walketh thorow dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

1611 marginal noteLuke 11.24.

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