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Bible Encyclopedias
Profane
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (חָנִ, chandph, Jeremiah 23:11; βέβηλος, Hebrews 12:16). To profane is to put holy things to vile or common uses; as the money- changers did the Temple, by converting a part of it into a place of business (Matthew 21:12), and as those do who allow secular occupations to engross any part of the Sabbath under the old, or of the Lord's day under the new dispensation (Exodus 20:8-10). Esau, for despising his birthright and its privileges, is styled by the apostle "a profane person" (Hebrews 12:16). The term is also used in opposition to holy. Thus the general history of ancient nations is styled profane, as distinguished from that contained in the Bible; profane writings are such as have been composed by heathens, in contradistinction from the sacred books of Scripture, and the writings of Christian authors on sacred subjects.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Profane'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/p/profane.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
