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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

primarily, "permitted to be trodden, accessible" (from baino, "to go," whence belos, "a threshold"), hence, "unhallowed, profane" (opposite to hieros, "sacred"), is used of (a) persons, 1 Timothy 1:9; Hebrews 12:16; (b) things, 1 Timothy 4:7; 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:16 . "The natural antagonism between the profane and the holy or divine grew into a moral antagonism. ... Accordingly bebelos is that which lacks all relationship or affinity to God" (Cremer, who compares koinos, "common," in the sense of ritual uncleanness).

primarily, "to cross the threshold" (akin to A, which see), hence, "to profane, pollute," occurs in Matthew 12:5; Acts 24:6 (the latter as in Acts 21:28,29 : cp. DEFILE, A, No. 1, PARTITION).