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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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Showing verses 41–50 of 102 · 108 word occurrences in this result

Job 28:6
The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 28:6 · retained source text

The stones of it are the place of Saphires: and it hath dust of golde.

1611 marginal noteOr, goldoare.

Job 30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 30:19 · retained source text

He hath cast mee into the myre, and I am become like dust and ashes.

Job 34:15
All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 34:15 · retained source text

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turne againe vnto dust.

1611 marginal noteEccles. 12.6. gene. 3.19.

Job 38:38
When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 38:38 · retained source text

When the dust groweeh into hardnesse, and the clods cleaue fast together?

1611 marginal noteOr, when the dust is turned into myre.

1611 marginal noteHeb. is powred.

Job 39:14
Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 39:14 · retained source text

Which leaueth her egges in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 40:13 · retained source text

Hide them in the dust together, and binde their faces in secret.

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
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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.

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