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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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Matthew 10:29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 10:29 · retained source text

Are not two Sparrowes solde for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

1611 marginal noteIt is in value halfepeny far thing, in the originall: as being the tenth part of the Romane peny.

Matthew 13:23
But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 13:23 · retained source text

But he that receiued seed into the good ground, is hee that heareth the word, and vnderstandeth it, which also beareth fruit, and bringeth foorth, some an hundred fold, some sixtie, some thirty.

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