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dog

Meaning of “dog”

Sense 1: The animal that barks, laps, scavenges, and may attack. Sense 2: A term of contempt for a person regarded as low, despised, unclean, or hostile.

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15 occurrences15 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 11:7

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Proverbs 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 26:11 · retained source text

As a dogge returneth to his vomite: so a foole returneth to his folly.

1611 marginal noteHeb. iterateth his folly.

1611 marginal note2.Pet.2.22.

Proverbs 26:17
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 26:17 · retained source text

He that passeth by, and medleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the eares.

1611 marginal noteOr, is enraged.

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