King James Bible Dictionary

DEFILE, verb transitive

1. To make unclean; to render foul or dirty; in a general sense.

2. To make impure; to render turbid; as, the water or liquor is defiled.

3. To soil or sully; to tarnish; as reputation, etc.

He is among the greatest prelates of the age, however his character may be defiled by dirty hands.

They shall defile thy brightness. Ezekiel 28:7.

4. To pollute; to make ceremonially unclean.

That which dieth of itself, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith. Leviticus 22:8.

5. To corrupt chastity; to debauch; to violate; to tarnish the purity of character by lewdness.

Schechem defiled Dinah. Genesis 34:2.

6. To taint, in a moral sense; to corrupt; to vitiate; to render impure with sin.

DEFILE not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:7.

He hath defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. Numbers 19:20.

DEFILE, verb intransitive [Latin A thread.] To march off in a line, or file by file; to file off.

DEFILE, noun A narrow passage or way, in which troops may march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long narrow pass, as between hills, etc.

DEFILED, participle passive Made dirty, or foul; polluted; soiled; corrupted; violated; vitiated.

Laws relating to
Leviticus 7:18-21; Leviticus 11:43; Leviticus 22:2-7

Caused by:

Leprosy
Leviticus 13:3; Leviticus 13:44-46; Leviticus 3:14; Leviticus 22:4-7

Gonorrhea
Leviticus 15:1-15; Leviticus 22:4

Copulation
Leviticus 15:17

Spermatorrhea
Leviticus 15:16-17

Childbirth
Leviticus 12:2-8; Luke 2:22

Menses
Leviticus 15:19-33; 2 Samuel 11:4

Touching the dead
Numbers 19:11-22; Numbers 31:19-20

Touching carcass of any unclean animal
Leviticus 11:39-40; Leviticus 17:15-16; Leviticus 22:8

Touching carcass of an unclean thing
Leviticus 5:2-13; Leviticus 11:8; Leviticus 11:24-28; Leviticus 11:31-38; Leviticus 14:46-57; Leviticus 15:5-11; Deuteronomy 23:10-11

Slaying in battle
Numbers 31:19-20

Contact with sinners falsely supposed to cause
John 18:28

Of priest
Leviticus 16:26; Leviticus 16:28; Numbers 19:7-10; Ezekiel 44:25-26

Egyptian usage, concerning
Genesis 43:32
Ablution; Purification; Uncleanness

DEFILEMENT, noun

1. The act of defiling, or state of being defiled; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.

2. Corruption of morals, principles or character; impurity; pollution by sin.

The chaste cannot rake into such filth without danger of defilement

DEFILER, noun One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.