King James Version with full narration by Alexander Scourby
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Defile
CategoryTheological Term / Ritual Term
Modern Equivalentto make unclean; to corrupt; to pollute; to desecrate.
KJV Word TypeVerb
DefinitionTo make something ritually or morally unclean. In the OT, defilement had ritual categories governed by Mosaic Law. In the NT the emphasis shifts to moral and spiritual defilement — that which proceeds from an evil heart defiles the whole person.
Key Verses"There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man." (Mark 7:15)