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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
•   (only first 3 shown)
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

irreverent or blasphemous language, swearing, by the use of words casting derision on sacred or divine things, especially the taking of the name of God in vain (see Blasphemy; and Swearing). The word "profane," derived from Lat. profanum, outside the temple (fanurn), hence opposed to sacrum or religiosum, in the sense of not sacred, common, is used in English not only as meaning irreverent, or blasphemous, but also in the senses of the original Latin, not initiated into sacred mysteries, hence, lay, secular, or as referring to subjects not connected with sacred or biblical matters, e.g. profane literature, history, &c.