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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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foul ( רפשׂ , rāphas ; ἀκάθαρτος , akáthartos ): The verb "to foul" (defile) occurs as the translation of rāphas , "to trample" or "muddle" (streams) (Ezekiel 32:2; Ezekiel 34:18 ); of ḥāmar , "to burn," "to be red" (Job 16:16 , "My face is foul with weeping," the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version, margin "red"); of mirpās , "a treading" (Ezekiel 34:19 ). The adjective is the translation of akathartos , "unclean," "impure," "wicked" (Mark 9:25; Revelation 18:2 , "foul spirit," the Revised Version (British and American) "unclean"), and of cheimō̇n , "winter," "stormy or foul weather" (Matthew 16:3 ). the Revised Version (British and American) has "The rivers shall become foul" (Isaiah 19:6 ) instead of the King James Version "They shall turn the rivers far away," the English Revised Version "The rivers shall stink."

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Foul'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​f/foul.html. 1915.
 
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