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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Profane
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Hebrews 12:16
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
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15 occurrences in 15 verses.
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חָלַל
châlal · khaw-lal'
18 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: Leviticus 18:21Strong's last: Amos 2:7
Open full H2490 profile →βέβηλος
bébēlos · beb'-ay-los
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked
Strong's KJV usage: :--profane (person).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 1:9Strong's last: 2 Timothy 2:16
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chôl · khole
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
properly, exposed; hence, profane
Strong's KJV usage: common, profane (place), unholy.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 22:26Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:15
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châlâl · khaw-lawl'
3 times translated as this KJV form94 total Strong's occurrences
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
Strong's KJV usage: kill, profane, slain (man), × slew, (deadly) wounded.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 21:7Strong's last: Ezekiel 21:25
Open full H2491 profile →βεβηλόω
bebēlóō · beb-ay-lo'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to desecrate
Strong's KJV usage: :--profane.
Strong's first: Matthew 12:5Strong's last: Acts 24:6
Open full G953 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 23:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:11
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H2491
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
H2455
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.
H2490
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.
H2490
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.
H2490
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.
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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.
H2455
And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.
H2455
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.
English meaning and historical usage.
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profane
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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