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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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First occurrence: Genesis 2:5

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Luke 8:8
And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 8:8 · retained source text

And other fell on good ground, and sprang vp, and bare fruite an hundred fold. And when hee saide these things, he cryed, He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

Luke 8:15
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 8:15 · retained source text

But that on the good ground, are they, which in an honest and good heart hauing heard the word, keepe it, and bring foorth fruite with patience.

Luke 12:16
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 12:16 · retained source text

And he spake a parable vnto them, saying, The ground of a certaine rich man brought foorth plentifully.

Luke 13:7
Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 13:7 · retained source text

Then said hee vnto the dresser of his Uineyard, Beholde, these three yeeres I come seeking fruit on this figtree, and finde none: cut it downe, why cumbreth it the ground?

Luke 14:18
And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 14:18 · retained source text

And they all with one consent began to make excuse: The first said vnto him, I haue bought a piece of ground, and I must needs goe and see it: I pray thee haue me excused.

Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 19:44 · retained source text

And shall lay thee euen with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leaue in thee one stone vpon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

Luke 22:44
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 22:44 · retained source text

And being in an agonie, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling downe to the ground.

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