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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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Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 3:26 · retained source text

And her gates shall lament and mourne; and she being desolate, shall sit vpon the ground.

1611 marginal noteOr, emptied: hebr. cleansed.

Isaiah 14:12
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 14:12 · retained source text

How art thou fallen from heauen, O Lucifer, sonne of the morning? how art thou cut downe to the ground, which didst weaken the nations?

1611 marginal noteOr, O daystarre.

Isaiah 21:9
And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 21:9 · retained source text

And behold, heere commeth a charet of men with a couple of horsemen: and he answered and sayd; Babylon is fallen, is fallen, and all the grauen images of her Gods he hath broken vnto the ground.

1611 marginal noteIer.51.8. reu.14.8. and 18.2.

Isaiah 25:12
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 25:12 · retained source text

And the fortresse of the high fort of thy walles shall hee bring downe, lay low, and bring to the ground, euen to the dust.

Isaiah 26:5
¶ For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 26:5 · retained source text

¶ For hee bringeth downe them that dwell on high, the loftie citie he layeth it low; he layeth it low, euen to the ground, he bringeth it euen to the dust.

Isaiah 28:24
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:24 · retained source text

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and breake the clods of his ground?

Isaiah 29:4
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:4 · retained source text

And thou shalt bee brought downe, and shalt speake out of the ground, and thy speach shall be low out of the dust, and thy voyce shalbe as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speach shall whisper out of the dust.

1611 marginal noteHeb. peepe or chirpe.

Isaiah 30:23
Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 30:23 · retained source text

Then shall he giue the raine of thy seed that thou shalt sow the ground withall; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shalbe fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattell feed in large pastures.

Isaiah 30:24
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:24 · retained source text

The oxen likewise and the yong asses that eare the ground, shall eate cleane prouender which hath bene winnowed with the shouell and with the fanne.

1611 marginal noteOr, saucurie; Hebr. leauened.

Isaiah 35:7
And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 35:7 · retained source text

And the parched ground shall become a poole, and the thirstie land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shalbe grasse with reeds and rushes.

1611 marginal noteOr, a court for reedes &c.

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