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dogs

Meaning of “dogs”

Sense 1: Domesticated canine animals. Sense 2: A figurative term of contempt for shameless, unclean, or hostile persons.

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24 occurrences23 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 22:31

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Exodus 22:31
¶ And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 22:31 · retained source text

¶ And ye shall be holy men vnto me: neither shall ye eate any flesh that is torne of beasts in the field: yee shall cast it to the dogs.

1611 marginal noteLeuit.22.8. ezek.44.31.

1 Kings 14:11
Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 14:11 · retained source text

Him that dieth of Ieroboam in the citie, shall the dogs eate: and him that dieth in the field, shall the foules of the aire eate: for the LORD hath spoken it.

1 Kings 16:4
Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 16:4 · retained source text

Him that dieth of Baasha in the citie, shall the dogs eate: and him that dieth of his in the fields, shall the foules of the aire eate.

1611 marginal noteChap. 14.11.

1 Kings 21:19
And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:19 · retained source text

And thou shalt speake vnto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speake vnto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD; In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, shall dogges licke thy blood, euen thine.

1 Kings 21:23
And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:23 · retained source text

And of Iezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eate Iezebel by the wall of Iezreel.

1611 marginal noteOr, ditch.

1611 marginal note2.King. 9.36.

1 Kings 21:24
Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:24 · retained source text

Him that dieth of Ahab in the citie, the dogs shall eate: and him that dieth in the field, shall the foules of the aire eat.

1 Kings 22:38
And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 22:38 · retained source text

And one washed the charet in the poole of Samaria, and the dogges licked vp his blood, and they washed his armour, according vnto the word of the LORD which he spake.

1611 marginal noteChap. 21.19.

2 Kings 9:10
And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:10 · retained source text

And the dogges shal eate Iezebel in the portion of Iezreel, and there shal be none to burie her. And he opened the doore, and fled.

2 Kings 9:36
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:36 · retained source text

Wherefore they came againe, and told him: and he said, Th is is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his seruant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Iezreel shall dogs eate the flesh of Iezebel:

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of.

1611 marginal note1.King. 21.23.

Job 30:1
BUT now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:1 · retained source text

¶ But nowe they that are yonger then I, haue mee in derision, whose fathers I would haue disdained to haue set with the dogs of my flocke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. of fewer dayes then I.

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