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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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Colossians 3:5
Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Colossians 3:5 · retained source text

Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie:

1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Thessalonians 2:3 · retained source text

For our exhortation was not of deceite, nor of vncleannesse, nor in guile:

2 Peter 2:10
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:10 · retained source text

But chiefly them that walke after the flesh in the lust of vncleannesse, and despise gouernment. Presumptuous are they; selfe willed: they are not afraid to speake euill of dignities:

1611 marginal noteOr, dominion.

1611 marginal noteIude 8.

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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

Historical English dictionary sources

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)