KJV dictionary & concordance

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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:5

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Every verse containing “ground”

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Lamentations 2:2

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The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Lamentations 2:2 · retained source text

The LORD hath swallowed vp all the habitations of Iacob, and hath not pitied: he hath throwen downe in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Iudah: he hath brought them down to the ground: hee hath polluted the kingdome and the princes thereof.

1611 marginal noteHeb. made to couch.

Lamentations 2:9

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Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the Lord.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Lamentations 2:9 · retained source text

Her gates are sunke into the ground: he hath destroyed and broken her barres: her King and her Princes are among the Gentiles: the Law is no more, her prophets also finde no vision from the LORD.

1611 marginal notePsal.74.9.

Lamentations 2:10

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The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

2 word occurrences in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Lamentations 2:10 · retained source text

The Elders of the daughter of Zion sit vpon the ground and keepe silence: they haue cast vp dust vpon their heads: they haue girded themselues with sackcloth: the virgins of Ierusalem hang downe their heades to the ground.

Lamentations 2:21

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The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Lamentations 2:21 · retained source text

The yong and the old lye on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my yong men are fallen by the sword: thou hast slaine them in the day of thy anger: thou hast killed, and not pitied.

Complete reference index — all 188 verses

Genesis 2:5 Genesis 2:6 Genesis 2:7 Genesis 2:9 Genesis 2:19 Genesis 3:17 Genesis 3:19 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:2 Genesis 4:3 Genesis 4:10 Genesis 4:12 Genesis 5:29 Genesis 7:23 Genesis 8:8 Genesis 8:13 Genesis 8:21 Genesis 18:2 Genesis 19:1 Genesis 19:25 Genesis 33:3 Genesis 38:9 Genesis 44:11 Genesis 44:14 Exodus 3:5 Exodus 4:3 Exodus 8:21 Exodus 9:23 Exodus 14:16 Exodus 14:22 Exodus 16:14 Exodus 32:20 Leviticus 20:25 Numbers 11:8 Numbers 16:31 Deuteronomy 4:18 Deuteronomy 9:21 Deuteronomy 15:23 Deuteronomy 22:6 Deuteronomy 28:4 Deuteronomy 28:11 Deuteronomy 28:56 Joshua 3:17 Joshua 24:32 Judges 4:21 Judges 6:39 Judges 6:40 Judges 13:20 Judges 20:21 Judges 20:25 Ruth 2:10 1 Samuel 3:19 1 Samuel 5:4 1 Samuel 8:12 1 Samuel 14:25 1 Samuel 14:32 1 Samuel 14:45 1 Samuel 20:31 1 Samuel 20:41 1 Samuel 25:23 1 Samuel 26:7 1 Samuel 28:14 2 Samuel 2:22 2 Samuel 8:2 2 Samuel 14:4 2 Samuel 14:14 2 Samuel 14:22 2 Samuel 14:33 2 Samuel 17:12 2 Samuel 17:19 2 Samuel 18:11 2 Samuel 20:10 2 Samuel 23:11 2 Samuel 23:12 2 Samuel 24:20 1 Kings 1:23 1 Kings 7:46 2 Kings 2:8 2 Kings 2:15 2 Kings 2:19 2 Kings 4:37 2 Kings 9:26 2 Kings 13:18 1 Chronicles 11:13 1 Chronicles 21:21 1 Chronicles 27:26 2 Chronicles 4:17 2 Chronicles 7:3 2 Chronicles 20:18 Nehemiah 8:6 Nehemiah 10:35 Nehemiah 10:37 Job 1:20 Job 2:13 Job 5:6 Job 14:8 Job 16:13 Job 18:10 Job 38:27 Job 39:24 Psalms 74:7 Psalms 89:39 Psalms 89:44 Psalms 105:35 Psalms 107:33 Psalms 107:35 Psalms 143:3 Psalms 147:6 Isaiah 3:26 Isaiah 14:12 Isaiah 21:9 Isaiah 25:12 Isaiah 26:5 Isaiah 28:24 Isaiah 29:4 Isaiah 30:23 Isaiah 30:24 Isaiah 35:7 Isaiah 44:3 Isaiah 47:1 Isaiah 51:23 Isaiah 53:2 Jeremiah 4:3 Jeremiah 7:20 Jeremiah 14:2 Jeremiah 14:4 Jeremiah 25:33 Jeremiah 27:5 Lamentations 2:2 Lamentations 2:9 Lamentations 2:10 Lamentations 2:21 Ezekiel 12:6 Ezekiel 12:12 Ezekiel 13:14 Ezekiel 19:12 Ezekiel 19:13 Ezekiel 24:7 Ezekiel 26:11 Ezekiel 26:16 Ezekiel 28:17 Ezekiel 38:20 Ezekiel 41:16 Ezekiel 41:20 Ezekiel 42:6 Ezekiel 43:14 Daniel 8:5 Daniel 8:7 Daniel 8:10 Daniel 8:12 Daniel 8:18 Daniel 10:9 Daniel 10:15 Hosea 2:18 Hosea 10:12 Amos 3:14 Obadiah 1:3 Haggai 1:11 Zechariah 8:12 Malachi 3:11 Matthew 10:29 Matthew 13:8 Matthew 13:23 Matthew 15:35 Mark 4:5 Mark 4:8 Mark 4:16 Mark 4:20 Mark 4:26 Mark 8:6 Mark 9:20 Mark 14:35 Luke 8:8 Luke 8:15 Luke 12:16 Luke 13:7 Luke 14:18 Luke 19:44 Luke 22:44 John 4:5 John 8:6 John 8:8 John 9:6 John 12:24 John 18:6 Acts 7:33 Acts 22:7 1 Timothy 3:15

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Genesis 2:5 Joshua 3:17 1 Chronicles 11:13 Psalm 107:33 Isaiah 29:4 Mark 4:16 1 Timothy 3:15 Exodus 9:23 1 Samuel 8:12 2 Kings 4:37 Psalms 147:6 Ezekiel 13:14 Matthew 10:29