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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Profanity
• Profanation
Thompson Chain Reference
• Profanity
• Blasphemy-Profanity
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Swearing, Profane
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Profane
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Profane
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Profane
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Profaning, Profanity
• Profane
King James Dictionary
• Profaning
• Profaneness
• Profaned
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Common, Unclean, Defiled, Profane
Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Profane
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Profane
Webster Dictionary
• Profanity
• Profaning
• Profaner
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Profane
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Profanity
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Profane
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Profane
• Swearing, Profane
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Literary or Profane Legends
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Profanation and Profanity
Lexicons
• ܚܽܘܠܳܐ
• ܚܰܠ
• ܚܰܢܦ݂ܳܐ
• βέβηλος
• βεβηλόω
• חֹל
• חָלַל חָלַל, , חָלַל
• חָלָל , חָלָל
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Profane

PROFA'NE, a. L. 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 42,48 .

6. Obscene heathenish tending to bring reproach on religion as profane fables. 1 Timothy 4

Profane is used chiefly in Scripture in opposition to holy, or qualified ceremonially for sacred services.

PROFA'NE, 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

2. To violate. Malachi 2

3. To pollute to debase.Leviticus 21

4. To put to a wrong use.