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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.

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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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Matthew 23:27
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
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1611 witness · Matthew 23:27 · retained source text

Woe vnto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for yee are like vnto whited sepulchres, which indeed appeare beautifull outward, but are within full of dead mens bones, and of all vncleannesse.

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Leviticus 15:3

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

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Historical definitions

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)