KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Scum or impurities separated from metal. Sense 2: Figuratively, worthless or impure refuse.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Psalms 119:119
Complete exact-word concordance
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like drosse: therefore I loue thy Testimonies.
1611 marginal noteHebr. causest to cease.
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
Take away the drosse from the siluer, and there shall come foorth a vessell for the finer.
Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
Burning lips, and a wicked heart, are like a potsheard couered with siluer drosse.
Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
Thy siluer is become drosse, thy wine mixt with water.
¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
¶ And I will turne my hand vpon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tinne.
1611 marginal noteHeb. according to purenesse.
Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.
Sonne of man, the house of Israel is to me become drosse: all they are brasse, and tinne, and yron, and lead in the midst of the furnace: they are euen the drosse of siluer.
1611 marginal noteHeb. drosses.
Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Therefore thus saith the LORD God, Because ye are all become drosse, behold therefore I will gather you into the midst of Ierusalem.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The scum or extraneous matter of metals, thrown off in the process of melting. Waste matter; refuse; any worthless matter separated from the better part; impure matter.
