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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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Numbers 11:8
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 11:8 · retained source text

And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in milles, or beat it in a morter, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oyle.

Numbers 16:31
¶ And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
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1611 witness · Numbers 16:31 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe as he had made an ende of speaking all these words, that the ground claue asunder that was vnder them:

1611 marginal noteChap. 27.3. deut. 11.6. psal. 106.17.

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