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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
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Thompson Chain Reference
• Defilement-Cleansing
• Defilement
The Topic Concordance
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Eating Can Defile
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Defilement
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Defilement
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Defile
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Defile
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Defilement
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Defilement
King James Dictionary
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Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Common, Unclean, Defiled, Profane
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Defilement
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
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Lexicons
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• ἀρσενοκοίτης
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• גָּאַל
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Defile

(1):

(v. t.) To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

(2):

(v. t.) To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

(3):

(v. t.) To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.

(4):

(v. t.) To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

(5):

(v. t.) To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

(6):

(n.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

(7):

(n.) Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.

(8):

(v. t.) Same as Defilade.

(9):

(v. i.) To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.