KJV dictionary & concordance
To crush or reduce by friction; to sharpen or wear down.
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First occurrence: Judges 16:21
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
¶ But the Philistines tooke him and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brasse, and he did grind in the prison house.
1611 marginal noteHebr. boared out.
Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.
Then let my wife grind vnto another, and let others bow downe vpon her.
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.
What meane yee that yee beat my people to pieces, and grinde the faces of the poore, saith the LORD God of hosts?
Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.
Take the milstones and grinde meale, vncouer thy lockes: make bare the legge: vncouer the thigh, passe ouer the riuers.
They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.
They tooke the young men to grinde, and the children fell vnder the wood.
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
And whosoeuer shall fall on this stone, shalbe broken: but on whom soeuer it shall fall, it will grinde him to powder.
1611 marginal noteRom. 9.33. 1.Pet. 2.7. esa. 8.14.
Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Whosoeuer shall fall vpon that stone, shalbe broken: but on whomsoeuer it shall fall, it will grinde him to powder.
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