Leviticus 18:21
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
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And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
Read in context →Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
Read in context →15 occurrences in 15 verses.
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châlal · khaw-lal'
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.
Strong's first: Leviticus 18:21Strong's last: Amos 2:7
Open full H2490 profile →bébēlos · beb'-ay-los
accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked
Strong's KJV usage: :--profane (person).
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 1:9Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:16
Open full G952 profile →chôl · khole
properly, exposed; hence, profane
Strong's KJV usage: common, profane (place), unholy.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 22:26Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:15
Open full H2455 profile →châlâl · khaw-lawl'
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
Strong's KJV usage: kill, profane, slain (man), × slew, (deadly) wounded.
Strong's first: Leviticus 21:7Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:25
Open full H2491 profile →bebēlóō · beb-ay-lo'-o
to desecrate
Strong's KJV usage: :--profane.
Strong's first: Matthew 12:5Strong's last: Acts 24:6
Open full G953 profile →chânêph · khaw-nafe'
to soil, especially in a moral sense
Strong's KJV usage: corrupt, defile, × greatly, pollute, profane.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 23:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:11
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And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.
They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD.
They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD.
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
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.
For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof.
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PROFA'NE, adjective [Latin profanus; pro and fanum, a temple.]
1. Irreverent to any thing sacred; applied to persons. A man is profane when he takes the name of God in vain, or treats sacred things with abuse and irreverence.
2. Irreverent; proceeding from a contempt of sacred things, or implying it; as profane words or language; profane swearing.
3. Not sacred; secular; relating to secular things; as profane history.
4. Polluted; not pure.
Nothing is profane that serveth to holy things.
5. Not purified or holy; allowed for common use; as a profane place. Ezekiel 42:20. and 48.
6. Obscene; heathenish; tending to bring reproach on religion; as profane fables. 1 Timothy 4:7.
Profane is used chiefly in Scripture in opposition to holy, or qualified ceremonially for sacred services.
PROFA'NE, verb transitive To violate any thing sacred, or treat it with abuse, irreverence, obloquy or contempt; as, to profane the name of God; to profane the sabbath; to profane the Scriptures or the ordinances of God.
1. To pollute; to defile; to apply to temporal uses; to use as base or common. Ezekiel 24:21.
2. To violate. Malachi 2:11.
3. To pollute; to debase.Leviticus 21:4.
4. To put to a wrong use.
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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