Bible Dictionary: Profanation

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of violating sacred things, or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath; the profanation of a sanctuary; the profanation of the name of God.

2. (n.) The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy.

Strong's Hebrew

1352. goel -- defiling, defilement
... Word Origin from gaal Definition defiling, defilement NASB Word Usage defiled (1).
defile. From ga'al; profanation -- defile. see HEBREW ga'al. 1351, 1352. ...
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Library

Profanations of Good and Truth
... leading is from hell. (AE, n.1043.). II. The First Kind of Profanation.
Profanations are of many kinds. The most grievous kind is ...
/.../spiritual life and the word of god/part thirdprofanations of good and.htm

The Commandments
... As Divine truth or the Word is meant by "the name of God," and the profanation of
it means a denial of its holiness, and thus contempt, rejection, and blasphemy ...
/.../swedenborg/spiritual life and the word of god/part secondthe commandments.htm

The Arrest
... But the crowning profanation, for which humanity will never forgive him, was the
sign by which he had agreed to make his Master known to His enemies. ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter i the arrest.htm

Faithlessness and Defeat
... There seems some hint that their action was presumptuous profanation, in the solemn,
full title given in verse 4: 'The ark of the covenant of the Lord of Hosts ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/faithlessness and defeat.htm

The Life of Mr. John Welch.
... After writing several times to him to suppress the profanation of the Lord's day
at his house, (which he slighted, not loving to be called a puritan) Mr. Welch ...
/.../howie/biographia scoticana scots worthies/the life of mr john 5.htm

That Upon the Conquest and Slaughter of vitellius Vespasian ...
... [7] It is worth noting here, that this Ananus, the best of the Jews at this time,
and the high priest, who was so very uneasy at the profanation of the Jewish ...
/.../chapter 11 that upon the.htm

Bourdaloue -- the Passion of Christ
... which began from that time to burst upon this nation, the ruin of Jerusalem which
followed soon after"the carnage of their citizens, the profanation of their ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons vol 2/bourdaloue the passion of.htm

Ten Reasons Demonstrating the Commandment of the Sabbath to be ...
... [70]. Many fearful examples of God's judgments by fire, have in our days been shewed
upon divers towns, where the profanation of the Lord's day hath been openly ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/ten reasons demonstrating the commandment.htm

The Third Commandment
... such. To bring Scripture therefore to uphold us in sin, is a high profanation
of Scripture, and taking God's name in vain. Again ...
/.../watson/the ten commandments/2 3 the third commandment.htm

Prefatory Notice
... And on Lord's days, instead of the open profanation to which they had been so long
accustomed, a person in passing through the town in the intervals of public ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/baxter/the saints everlasting rest/prefatory notice.htm

Thesaurus

Profanation (1 Occurrence)
... or of treating them with contempt or irreverence; irreverent or too familiar treatment
or use of what is sacred; desecration; as, the profanation of the Sabbath ...
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Products (9 Occurrences)

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Violation (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) An act of irreverence or desecration; profanation or contemptuous
treatment of sacred things; as, the violation of a church. ...
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Violence (98 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Injury done to that which is entitled to respect, reverence, or observance;
profanation; infringement; unjust force; outrage; assault. ...
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Woman (4043 Occurrences)
... The majority of the people strongly resented this act of profanation (Numbers
25:6). A pestilence was raging in the camp, and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, in ...
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Wall (227 Occurrences)
... The Levites at once shut the gates, to prevent the possibility of any further
profanation, and Paul would have been torn in pieces, had not the Roman commander ...
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Felix (11 Occurrences)
... There Paul, being attacked at the instigation of the Asiatic Jews for alleged false
teaching and profanation of the temple, was rescued with difficulty by ...
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Forbid (46 Occurrences)
... 22:29; Joshua 24:16 1 Samuel 12:23 Job 27:5, etc.), "My God forbid it me" (1 Chronicles
11:19), the word is chalilah, denoting profanation, or abhorrence ...
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Trophimus (3 Occurrences)
... Trophimus who was neither a Jew nor a proselyte, but Gentile Christian, had been
introduced into the temple itself by Paul-which would have been profanation. ...
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Middle (169 Occurrences)
... The Levites at once shut the gates, to prevent the possibility of any further
profanation, and Paul would have been torn in pieces, had not the Roman commander ...
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Bible Concordance

Profanation (1 Occurrence)

1 Samuel 14:45 And the people say unto Saul, 'Doth Jonathan die who wrought this great salvation in Israel? -- a profanation! Jehovah liveth, if there falleth from the hair of his head to the earth, for with God he hath wrought this day;' and the people rescue Jonathan, and he hath not died.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Profanation

Related Terms

Products (9 Occurrences)

Violation (6 Occurrences)

Violence (98 Occurrences)

Woman (4043 Occurrences)

Wall (227 Occurrences)

Felix (11 Occurrences)

Forbid (46 Occurrences)

Trophimus (3 Occurrences)

Middle (169 Occurrences)