Bible Dictionaries
Profane

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

PROFANE . ‘To profane’ is ‘to make ceremonially unclean,’ ‘to make unholy.’ And so a ‘profane person’ ( Hebrews 12:16 ) is an ‘ungodly person,’ a person of common, coarse life, not merely of speech.

Bibliography Information
Hastings, James. Entry for 'Profane'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hdb/​p/profane.html. 1909.