Exodus 31:14
Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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Defileth
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Revelation 21:27
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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3 occurrences in 2 verses.
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κοινόω
koinóō · koy-no'-o
5 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially)
Strong's KJV usage: :--call common, defile, pollute, unclean.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 15:11Strong's last: Revelation 21:27
Open full G2840 profile →σπιλόω
spilóō · spee-lo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to stain or soil (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--defile, spot.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 3:6Strong's last: James 3:6
Open full G4695 profile →חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal'
1 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Strong's KJV usage: begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 31:14Strong's last: Exodus 31:14
Open full H2490 profile →חָנֵף
chânêph · khaw-nafe'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
to soil, especially in a moral sense
Strong's KJV usage: corrupt, defile, × greatly, pollute, profane.
Strong's first: Numbers 35:33Strong's last: Numbers 35:33
Open full H2610 profile →טָמֵא
ṭâmêʼ · taw-may'
1 times translated as this KJV form161 total Strong's occurrences
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
Strong's KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, × utterly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 19:13Strong's last: Numbers 19:13
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G2840
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
G2840
Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
G2840
These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
English meaning and historical usage.
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defile
DEFILE, verb transitive
1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.
2. To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.
3. To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation, etc.
He is among the greatest prelates of the age, however his character may be defiled by dirty hands.
They shall defile thy brightness. Ezekiel 28:7.
4. To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean.
That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith. Leviticus 22:8.
5. To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.
Schechem defiled Dinah. Genesis 34:2.
6. To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin.
DEFILE not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:7.
He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Numbers 19:20.
DEFILE, verb intransitive [Latin A thread.] To march off in a line, or file by file; to file off.
DEFILE, noun A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills, etc.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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