KJV dictionary & concordance

dust

Meaning of “dust”

Fine, loose earth or powder; the ground.

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108 occurrences102 verses30 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:7

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Lamentations 2:10

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The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Lamentations 2:10 · retained source text

The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the ground and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heads: they haue girded themselues with sackcloth: the virgins of Ierusalem hang downe their heades to the ground.

Lamentations 3:29

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He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

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1611 witness · Lamentations 3:29 · retained source text

He putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

Complete reference index — all 102 verses

Genesis 2:7 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:19 Genesis 13:16 Genesis 18:27 Genesis 28:14 Exodus 8:16 Exodus 8:17 Exodus 9:9 Leviticus 14:41 Leviticus 17:13 Numbers 5:17 Numbers 23:10 Deuteronomy 9:21 Deuteronomy 28:24 Deuteronomy 32:24 Joshua 7:6 1 Samuel 2:8 2 Samuel 16:13 2 Samuel 22:43 1 Kings 16:2 1 Kings 18:38 1 Kings 20:10 2 Kings 13:7 2 Kings 23:12 2 Chronicles 1:9 2 Chronicles 34:4 Job 2:12 Job 4:19 Job 5:6 Job 7:5 Job 7:21 Job 10:9 Job 14:19 Job 16:15 Job 17:16 Job 20:11 Job 21:26 Job 22:24 Job 27:16 Job 28:6 Job 30:19 Job 34:15 Job 38:38 Job 39:14 Job 40:13 Job 42:6 Psalms 7:5 Psalms 18:42 Psalms 22:15 Psalms 22:29 Psalms 30:9 Psalms 44:25 Psalms 72:9 Psalms 78:27 Psalms 102:14 Psalms 103:14 Psalms 104:29 Psalms 113:7 Psalms 119:25 Proverbs 8:26 Ecclesiastes 3:20 Ecclesiastes 12:7 Isaiah 2:10 Isaiah 5:24 Isaiah 25:12 Isaiah 26:5 Isaiah 26:19 Isaiah 29:4 Isaiah 29:5 Isaiah 34:7 Isaiah 34:9 Isaiah 40:12 Isaiah 40:15 Isaiah 41:2 Isaiah 47:1 Isaiah 49:23 Isaiah 52:2 Isaiah 65:25 Lamentations 2:10 Lamentations 3:29 Ezekiel 24:7 Ezekiel 26:4 Ezekiel 26:10 Ezekiel 26:12 Ezekiel 27:30 Daniel 12:2 Amos 2:7 Micah 1:10 Micah 7:17 Nahum 1:3 Nahum 3:18 Habakkuk 1:10 Zephaniah 1:17 Zechariah 9:3 Matthew 10:14 Mark 6:11 Luke 9:5 Luke 10:11 Acts 13:51 Acts 22:23 Revelation 18:19

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Genesis 2:7 Genesis 3:19 Deuteronomy 28:24 Job 16:15 Psalm 18:42 Psalm 103:14 Isaiah 26:19 Lamentations 2:10 Revelation 18:19 Psalms 18:42 Job 5:6 Job 38:38 Psalms 113:7 Isaiah 40:12 Amos 2:7