International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Pollution

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Pollution


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po-lū´shun (גּאל, gā'al, “to pollute”; ἀλίσγημα, alı́sgēma, “contamination”): In , “Ye offer polluted bread,” i.e. not actually unclean, but worthless, common (compare ), bread here being used metonymically for sacrificial offerings generally (compare ; ). The phrase in , “the pollutions of idols,” is explained in by “things sacrificed (the King James Version “meats offered”) to idols.”