Refuse
פִּגּוּלStrong’s H6292piggul (pig-gul)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Piggul is the Hebrew word usually translated “unclean meat”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.”
Meaning
- Foul thing, refuseunclean sacrificial flesh (only use)
How it's translated
- unclean meat 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 2
- Isaiah 1
- Ezekiel 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Leviticus 19:7And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
- Isaiah 65:4Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine’s flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- Ezekiel 4:14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Hebrew dictionary
פִּגּוּל piggul · refuse
1) foul thing, refuse 1a) unclean sacrificial flesh (only use)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “refuse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REFU'SE, verb transitive
s as z. [Latin recuso; re and the root of causor, to accuse; causa, cause. The primary sense of causor is to drive, to throw or thrust at, and recuso is to drive back, to repel or repulse, the sense of refuse ]
- To deny a request, demand, invitation or command; to decline to do or grant what is solicited, claimed or commanded.“Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border” Numbers 20:21
- To decline to accept what is offered; as, to refuse an office; to refuse an offer.“If they refuse to take the cup at thy hand -” Jeremiah 25:28
- To reject; as, to refuse instruction or reproof.“The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner” Psalms 118:22
All definitions and other forms of “refuse”
REFU'SE, verb intransitive
s as z. To decline to accept; not to comply.
REF'USE, adjective
REF'USE, noun
That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste matter.
REFU'SE, noun
Refusal. obsolete
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.