Defilement
גֹּ֫אֶלStrong’s H1352goel (go-el)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Goel is the Hebrew word usually translated “defilement of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.”
Meaning
- Defilement, defiling
How it's translated
- defilement of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Nehemiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
גֹּ֫אֶל goel · defilement
defilement, defiling
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “defilement” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DEFILEMENT, noun
- The act of defiling, or state of being defiled; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
- Corruption of morals, principles or character; impurity; pollution by sin.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.