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dust

Meaning of “dust”

Fine, loose earth or powder; the ground.

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:7

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Isaiah 2:10
¶ Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 2:10 · retained source text

¶ Enter into the rocke, and hide thee in the dust, for feare of the LORD, and for the glory of his Maiestie.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 5:24 · retained source text

Therfore as the fire deuoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaffe, so their root shall be rottennes, and their blossome shall goe vp as dust: because they haue cast away the Lawe of the LORD of hosts, and despised the worde of the Holy One of Israel.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the tongue of fire.

Isaiah 25:12
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 25:12 · retained source text

And the fortresse of the high fort of thy walles shall hee bring downe, lay low, and bring to the ground, euen to the dust.

Isaiah 26:5
¶ For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 26:5 · retained source text

¶ For hee bringeth downe them that dwell on high, the loftie citie he layeth it low; he layeth it low, euen to the ground, he bringeth it euen to the dust.

Isaiah 26:19
Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 26:19 · retained source text

Thy dead men shall liue, together with my dead body shall they arise: awake and sing yee that dwell in dust: for thy dewe is as the dewe of herbes, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Isaiah 29:4
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:4 · retained source text

And thou shalt bee brought downe, and shalt speake out of the ground, and thy speach shall be low out of the dust, and thy voyce shalbe as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speach shall whisper out of the dust.

1611 marginal noteHeb. peepe or chirpe.

Isaiah 29:5
Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:5 · retained source text

Moreouer the multitude of thy strangers shalbe like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shalbe as chaffe, that passeth away; yea it shalbe at an instant suddenly.

Isaiah 34:7
And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:7 · retained source text

And the Unicornes shall come downe with them, and the bullockes with the bulles, and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatnesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, Rhinocerots.

1611 marginal noteOr, drunken.

Isaiah 34:9
And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:9 · retained source text

And the streames thereof shalbe turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.

Isaiah 40:12
¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 40:12 · retained source text

¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? and meted out heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountaines in scales, and the hilles in a balance?

1611 marginal noteHeb. a Tierce.

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