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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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43 occurrences42 verses21 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:27

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Leviticus 1:16
And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 1:16 · retained source text

And he shall plucke away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the East part, by the place of the ashes.

1611 marginal noteOr the filth thereof.

Leviticus 4:12
Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 4:12 · retained source text

Euen the whole bullocke shall he carie foorth without the campe, vnto a cleane place, where the ashes are powred out, and burne him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are powred out, shall he be burnt.

1611 marginal noteHebr. To without the campe.

1611 marginal noteHeb. at the powring out of the ashes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. 13.11.

Leviticus 6:10
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Leviticus 6:10 · retained source text

And the Priest shal put on his linnen garment, & his linnen breeches shal he put vpon his flesh, and take vp the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the Altar, and he shall put them besides the Altar.

Leviticus 6:11
And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 6:11 · retained source text

And he shal put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry foorth the ashes without the Campe, vnto a cleane place.

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