Dictionaries :: Unclean

Nave's Topical Bible

Unclean: (Ceremonially Speaking)

Creatures designated as such,

Lev 11; Deu 14.

Unclean: Reference Concerning

See UNCLEANNESS

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

A-1AdjectiveStrong's Number: g169Greek: akathartos

Unclean:

"unclean, impure" (a, negative, kathairo, "to purify"), is used

(a) of "unclean" spirits, frequently in the Synoptists, not in John's gospel; in Act 5:16; 8:7; Rev 16:13; 18:2 (in the 2nd clause the birds are apparently figurative of destructive Satanic agencies);

(b) ceremonially, Act 10:14, 28; 11:8; 1Cr 7:14;

(c) morally, 2Cr 6:17, including (b), RV; "no unclean thing;" Eph 5:5; Rev 17:4, RV, "the unclean things" (AV follows the text which have the noun akathartes, "the filthiness").

A-2AdjectiveStrong's Number: g2839Greek: koinos

Unclean:

"common," is translated "unclean" in Rom 14:14 (thrice); in Rev 21:27, RV (AV, "that defileth," follows the inferior texts which have the verb koinoo: see B).
See COMMON, DEFILE, C, UNHOLY, No. 2.

B-1VerbStrong's Number: g2840Greek: koinoo

Unclean:

to make koinos, "to defile," is translated "unclean" in Hbr 9:13, AV, where the perfect participle, Passive, is used with the article, hence the RV, "them that have been defiled."
See DEFILE, A, No. 1.

C-1NounStrong's Number: g167Greek: akatharsia

Unclean:

akin to A, No. 1, denotes "uncleanness,"

(a) physical, Mat 23:27 (instances in the papyri speak of tenants keeping houses in good condition);

(b) moral, Rom 1:24; 6:19; 2Cr 12:21; Gal 5:19; Eph 4:19; 5:3; Col 3:5; 1Th 2:3 (suggestive of the fact that sensuality and evil doctrine are frequently associated); 1Th 4:7.

Note: In 2Pe 2:10, AV, miasmos, "a defilement," is rendered "uncleanness;" see DEFILEMENT, B, No. 2.