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ashes

Meaning of “ashes”

Sense 1: The powdery residue left after burning. Sense 2: A sign of mourning, humiliation, or ruin.

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:27

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2 Peter 2:6

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And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;

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1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:6 · retained source text

And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes, condemned them with an ouerthrowe, making them an ensample vnto those that after should liue vngodly:

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Genesis 18:27 Leviticus 6:10 2 Samuel 13:19 Esther 4:1 Job 42:6 Jeremiah 6:26 Daniel 9:3 2 Peter 2:6