פִּגּוּלpiggûwl

foul thing, refuse, but only as technical term of unclean sacrificial flesh (Leviticus 7:18; Leviticus 19:7; Ezekiel 4:14; Isaiah 65:4)

Pronunciation: pig-gool' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6292

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Leviticus 7:18 If any of the meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, the person who presented it will not be accepted by the Lord. You will receive no credit for offering it. By then the meat will be contaminated; if you eat it, you will be punished for your sin.
  • Leviticus 19:7 If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be contaminated, and I will not accept it.
  • Isaiah 65:4 At night they go out among the graves, worshiping the dead. They eat the flesh of pigs and make stews with other forbidden foods.
  • Ezekiel 4:14 Then I said, “O Sovereign Lord, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).