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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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Psalms 22:16
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
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1611 witness · Psalms 22:16 · retained source text

For dogges haue compassed me: the assembly of the wicked haue inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feete.

1611 marginal noteMat.27.35. Mar.15.24. Luc.23.33. Ioh.19.23. & 37.

Psalms 68:23
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
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1611 witness · Psalms 68:23 · retained source text

That thy foote may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogges in the same.

1611 marginal noteOr, red.

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