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ground

Meaning of “ground”

Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

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192 occurrences188 verses34 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:5

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Deuteronomy 4:18
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:18 · retained source text

The likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 9:21 · retained source text

And I tooke your sinne, the calfe which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, euen vntill it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount.

Deuteronomy 15:23
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:23 · retained source text

Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof: thou shalt powre it vpon the ground as water.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.16,23.

Deuteronomy 22:6
¶ If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:6 · retained source text

¶ If a birds nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be yong ones, or egges, and the damme sitting vpon the yong, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not take the damme with the yong.

Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:4 · retained source text

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.

Deuteronomy 28:11
And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:11 · retained source text

And the LORD shal make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattell, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware vnto thy fathers to giue thee.

1611 marginal noteOr, for good.

1611 marginal noteHebr. belly.

1611 marginal noteChap. 30.9. etc.

Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:56 · retained source text

The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the ground, for delicatenesse and tendernesse, her eye shall be euill towards the husband of her bosome, and towards her sonne, and towards her daughter,

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