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uncleanness

Meaning of “uncleanness”

Sense 1: Bodily or ceremonial impurity, foulness, dirtiness, or filthiness. Sense 2: Moral impurity, defilement by sin, or lewdness.

Definition sources

Direct Scripture definitionKJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
40 occurrences35 verses16 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Leviticus 5:3

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2 Chronicles 29:16
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And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the house of the Lord. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 29:16 · retained source text

And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the vncleannes that they found in the temple of the LORD, into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Leuites tooke it, to carie it out abroad into the brooke Kidron.

Complete reference index — all 35 verses
Leviticus 5:3Leviticus 7:20Leviticus 7:21Leviticus 14:19Leviticus 15:3Leviticus 15:25Leviticus 15:26Leviticus 15:30Leviticus 15:31Leviticus 16:16Leviticus 16:19Leviticus 18:19Leviticus 22:3Leviticus 22:5Numbers 5:19Numbers 19:13Deuteronomy 23:10Deuteronomy 24:12 Samuel 11:42 Chronicles 29:16Ezra 9:11Ezekiel 36:17Ezekiel 39:24Zechariah 13:1Matthew 23:27Romans 1:24Romans 6:192 Corinthians 12:21Galatians 5:19Ephesians 4:19Ephesians 5:3Colossians 3:51 Thessalonians 2:31 Thessalonians 4:72 Peter 2:10

Where “uncleanness” appears

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Leviticus19 occurrences
14 versesNumbers2 occurrences
2 versesDeuteronomy2 occurrences
2 verses2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseEzra1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel2 occurrences
2 versesZechariah1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseRomans2 occurrences
2 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseGalatians1 occurrence
1 verseEphesians2 occurrences
2 versesColossians1 occurrence
1 verse1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
2 verses2 Peter1 occurrence
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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Leviticus 15:3

whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Foulness; dirtiness; filthiness. ... Want of ritual or ceremonial purity. ... Moral impurity; defilement by sin; sinfulness. ... Lewdness; incontinence.

volume 2, leaf 829, column 1 (noun entry, senses 1-4)