Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of polluting, or the state of being polluted (in any sense of the verb); defilement; uncleanness; impurity. 2. (n.) The emission of semen, or sperm, at other times than in sexual intercourse. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia POLLUTION po-lu'-shun (ga'al, "to pollute"; alisgema, "contamination"): In Malachi 1:7, "Ye offer polluted bread," i.e. not actually unclean, but worthless, common (compare Ezra 2:62), bread here being used metonymically for sacrificial offerings generally (compare Leviticus 21:6 Matthew 6:11). The phrase in Acts 15:20, "the pollutions of idols," is explained in 15:29 by "things sacrificed (the King James Version "meats offered") to idols."

Multi-Version Concordance Pollution (5 Occurrences) Acts 15:20 but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollution of idols, from sexual immorality, from what is strangled, and from blood. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV) 2 Corinthians 7:1 Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us purify ourselves from every pollution of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in God's fear. (DBY YLT) Job 27:5 Pollution to me -- if I justify you, Till I expire I turn not aside mine integrity from me. (YLT) Jeremiah 23:15 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Armies concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land. (See NAS) Ezekiel 22:10 In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. (KJV WBS)