What does "Clean" mean in the Bible?
These words are applied in the Jewish law to persons, animals, and things. Clean appears in 40 verses across 12 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Clean?
CLEAN, and UNCLEAN'. Lev 10:10. These words are applied in the Jewish law to persons, animals, and things. In order to partake of the privileges of the Jewish Church, the individual must not only be circumcised, but be ceremonially clean. How the various kinds of uncleanness were contracted, what time it continued, and what was the process of purification, are particularly described in Lev 11-15; Num 19. The division of animals into clean and unclean existed before the Flood, Gen 7:2, and was probably founded upon the practice of animal sacrifice. Those animals only which divide the hoof and chew the cud were regarded as clean. Lev 11:3-4. The same chapter enumerates a variety of beasts, birds, reptiles, fishes, and things which are unclean. See also Ex 22:31; Ex 34:15, Acts 11:26; Deut 14:21. One object of these distinctions was to guard the Jews against heathen idolatry. Eating with the Gentiles was regarded as a peculiar aggravation of the offence of associating with them. Matt 9:11; Acts 11:3. Some of the prohibited animals were unwholesome. The Hebrews were taught by these strict regulations to habitually regard their relation to God, and to abstain from everything that should offend his infinite holiness or involve the least appearance of pollution. The distinction between clean and unclean animals and nations was annulled by a special revelation to Peter. Acts 10:9-16.
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Clean?
Where does Clean appear in the Bible?
Clean is referenced in 40 verses across 12 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 2 Chronicles 13:11
- Deuteronomy 12:15
- Deuteronomy 12:22
- Deuteronomy 14:11
- Deuteronomy 14:20
- Deuteronomy 15:22
- Ecclesiastes 9:2
- Ezekiel 22:26
- Ezekiel 36:25
- Ezekiel 44:23
- Ezra 6:20
- Genesis 7:2
- Genesis 7:8
- Genesis 8:20
- Isaiah 66:20
- Job 14:4
- Leviticus 4:12
- Leviticus 6:11
- Leviticus 7:19
- Leviticus 10:10
- Leviticus 10:14
- Leviticus 11:36
- Leviticus 11:37
- Leviticus 11:47
Showing the first 24 of 40.
Open all 40 references in ProtosWhat else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Clean.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Clean?
Clean appears in 40 verses across 12 books, most often in Leviticus, which accounts for 15 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Clean?
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Ezekiel, Genesis, 2 Chronicles, Ecclesiastes, Ezra, and 4 more.
Where can I read every verse about Clean?
This page lists 24 of them. Protos carries all 40, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
