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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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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
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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.

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