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Unclean [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

2. In the Jewish law, ceremonially impure; not cleansed by ritual practices. Numbers 19:7 . Leviticus 11:4 . Romans 14:14 .

3. Foul with sin. Matthew 10:1 .

4. That holy place where no unclean thing shall enter.

5. Not in covenant with God. 1 Corinthians 7:14 .

6. Lewd; unchaste.

7. Adultery of the heart, consisting of inordinate and unclean affections.

8. No unclean person - hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Ephesians 5:5 .

Unclean [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy.

2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing.

3. Morally impure.

Uncleanable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

That cannot be cleansed.

Uncleanliness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

unclen'liness. Want of cleanliness; filthiness.

Uncleanly [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. unclen'ly.

2. Foul; filthy; dirty.

3. Indecent; unchaste; obscene.

4. It is a pity that these harmonious writers have indulged any thing uncleanly or impure to defile their paper.

Uncleanness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Foulness; dirtiness; filthiness.

2. Be not troublesome to thyself or to others by uncleanness

3. Want of ritual or ceremonial purity. Leviticus 15:3 .

4. Moral impurity; defilement by sin; sinfulness.

5. I will save you from all your uncleanness Ezekiel 36:17 .

6. Lewdness; incontinence. Colossians 3:5 . 2 Peter 2:10 .

Uncleansable [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Incapable of being cleansed or cleaned.

Uncleansed [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

unclenz'ed. Not cleansed; not purified.

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Genesis 7:2

Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.

You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;

Genesis 7:8

Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,

The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

Leviticus 5:2

Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.

Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.

Leviticus 5:3

Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty.

Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.

Leviticus 7:19

And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.

Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.

Leviticus 7:20

But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 7:21

Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.

If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”

Leviticus 10:10

And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;

You must distinguish between the holy and the common, between the clean and the unclean,

Leviticus 11:4

Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:5

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:6

And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:7

And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.

And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:8

Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.

You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:24

And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even.

These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:25

And whosoever beareth ought of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even.

and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 11:26

The carcases of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean.

Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

Leviticus 11:27

And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even.

All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

Leviticus 11:28

And he that beareth the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you.

and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

Leviticus 11:29

These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind,

The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

Leviticus 11:31

These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even.

These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.