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
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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
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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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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.
H2490
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
H2490
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.
H2490
But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.
H2490
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.
H2491
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.
H2490
And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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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.
H2491
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.
H2490
Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him.
H2490
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.
H2490
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.
H2490
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.
H2490
And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
H2490
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
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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