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dust

Meaning of “dust”

Fine, loose earth or powder; the ground.

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108 occurrences102 verses30 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:7

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Psalms 7:5
Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 7:5 · retained source text

Let the enemie persecute my soule, and take it, yea let him tread downe my life vpon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.

Psalms 18:42
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 18:42 · retained source text

Then did I beate them small as the dust before the winde: I did cast them out, as the dirt in the streetes.

Psalms 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 22:15 · retained source text

My strength is dried vp like a potsheard: and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

Psalms 22:29
All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 22:29 · retained source text

All they that be fat vpon earth shall eate and worship: all they that goe downe to the dust shall bow before him, and none can keepe aliue his owne soule.

Psalms 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 30:9 · retained source text

What profit is there in my blood, when I goe downe to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy trueth?

1611 marginal notePsal.6.6. and 88.11. and 115.17.

Psalms 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 44:25 · retained source text

For our soule is bowed downe to the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the earth.

Psalms 72:9
They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 72:9 · retained source text

They that dwell in the wildernesse shall bowe before him: and his enemies shall licke the dust.

Psalms 78:27
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 78:27 · retained source text

He rained flesh also vpon them as dust: and feathered soules like as the sand of the sea.

1611 marginal noteHebr. foule of wing.

Psalms 103:14
For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 103:14 · retained source text

For he knoweth our frame: hee remembreth that we are dust.

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