To make someone or something unclean or wrong in a way that goes against religious rules.
Key References
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
All Scripture References (7)
John (1)
Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
1 Corinthians (1)
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
Titus (1)
To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Hebrews (1)
See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.
Jude (1)
Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
Revelation (2)
But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white.
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.