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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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1 Kings 16:2
Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 16:2 · retained source text

Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee Prince ouer my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Ieroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sinne, to prouoke mee to anger with their sinnes:

1 Kings 18:38
Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 18:38 · retained source text

Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked vp the water that was in the trench.

1 Kings 20:10
And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Kings 20:10 · retained source text

And Benhadad sent vnto him, and said, The gods doe so vnto me and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

1611 marginal noteHeb. are at my feete.

2 Kings 13:7
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:7 · retained source text

Neither did he leaue of the people to Iehoahaz, but fiftie horsemen, and tenne charets, and tenne thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

2 Kings 23:12
And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:12 · retained source text

And the altars that were on the top of the vpper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Iudah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat downe, and brake them downe from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brooke Kidron.

1611 marginal noteOr, ran from thence.

1611 marginal noteCha. 21.5.

2 Chronicles 1:9
Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 1:9 · retained source text

Now, O LORD God, let thy promise vnto Dauid my father be established: for thou hast made mee King ouer a people, like the dust of the earth in multitude.

1611 marginal noteHeb. much as the dust of the earth.

1611 marginal note1.King. 3.9.

2 Chronicles 34:4
And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 34:4 · retained source text

And they brake downe the altars of Baalim in his presence, and the images that were on high aboue them, he cut downe, and the groues, and the carued images, and the molten images he brake in peeces, and made dust of them, and strowed it vpon the graues of them, that had sacrificed vnto them.

1611 marginal noteOr, sun-Images.

1611 marginal noteHeb. face of the graues.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 26.20.

Job 2:12
And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 2:12 · retained source text

And when they lift vp their eyes afarre off, and knew him not, they lifted vp their voice, and wept; and they rent euery one his mantle, and sprinckled dust vpon their heades toward heauen.

Job 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 4:19 · retained source text

Howe much lesse on them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth.

1611 marginal note2.Cor. 5.1.

Job 5:6
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
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1611 witness · Job 5:6 · retained source text

Although affliction commeth not forth of the dust, neither doeth trouble spring out of the ground:

1611 marginal noteOr, iniquity.

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