The words and , though of kindred meaning, have different applications. They both seem to have started with the signification ‘common.’ is connected with , ‘a threshold,’ which may be trodden on by all comers and be defiled. It stands in contrast to a consecrated spot or shrine, which is enclosed and guarded from desecration. In the LXX it once occurs in the sense of ‘common:’ common bread in contrast to the showbread in the tabernacle, 1Sa 21:4. In the N.T. it is always ‘profane’ in the A.V. It represents those for whom the law was made, 1Ti 1:9; three times it characterises babblings or vain talking, 1Ti 4:7; 1Ti 6:20; 2Ti 2:16; and in Heb 12:16 it describes Esau as a profane person<\/p>\n
also is used in the LXX for ‘common,’ but more in the sense of fellowship: thus “Let us have a common purse,” Pro 1:14; a bad man does nothing for the common weal, Pro 15:23. It is also employed to signify a ‘wide or open’ house, as if accessible to all, Pro 21:9; Pro 25:24. The word is used only in these senses in the LXX<\/p>\n
In the N.T. also it occurs in the sense of having “all things common,” Act 2:44; Act 4:32; “the common faith,” Tit 1:4; and the “common salvation,” Jud 1:3. It may mean ‘unclean’ in reference to animals forbidden by the law as food, or to Gentiles in contrast with Jews, Act 10:14; Act 10:28; they were not sanctified. It is rendered ‘unclean’ in respect to food, Rom 14:14; of unwashed hands it is ‘defiled,’ Mar 7:2; and an apostate virtually treats the blood of Christ as a ‘common’ thing (‘unholy’ A.V.), Heb 10:29<\/p>\n
It will be seen, as regards profanity or uncleanness, that refers to what is moral, whereas descends more to what is ceremonial.<\/p>\n
An interesting instance of the use of these words occurs in the charge made against Paul of defiling the temple by bringing in Greeks. The Jews use the verb of , but Tertullus before the Roman governor uses the verb of , Act 21:28; Act 24:6<\/p>\n
41. COMMON. UNCLEAN. DEFILED. PROFANE The words and , though of kindred meaning, have different applications. They both seem to have started with the signification ‘common.’ is connected with , ‘a threshold,’ which may be trodden on by all comers and be defiled. It stands in contrast to a consecrated spot or shrine, which is … Continue reading “41. COMMON. UNCLEAN. DEFILED. PROFANE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}