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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 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.

Psalms 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 104:29 · retained source text

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled, thou takest away their breath, they die: and returne to their dust.

Psalms 113:7
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 113:7 · retained source text

He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust: and lifteth the needie out of the dung-hill:

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 2.8. psal. 107.41.

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