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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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Exodus 16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 16:14 · retained source text

And when the dewe that lay was gone vp, behold, vpon the face of the wildernesse there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoare frost on the ground.

1611 marginal noteNumb. 11.7. psal. 78.24. wisd. 16.20.

Exodus 32:20
And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 32:20 · retained source text

And he tooke the Calfe which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strawed it vpon the water, and made the children of Israel drinke of it.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 9.21.

Leviticus 20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 20:25 · retained source text

Ye shall therefore put difference betweene cleane beasts, and vncleane, and betweene vncleane foules, and cleane: & ye shall not make your soules abominable by beast or by foule, or by any maner of liuing thing, that creepeth on the ground, which I haue separated from you as vncleane.

1611 marginal noteOr, moueth

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.2. deut. 14.4.

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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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:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
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.

Deuteronomy 4:18
The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 4:18 · retained source text

The likenesse of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likenesse of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Deuteronomy 9:21
And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 9:21 · retained source text

And I tooke your sinne, the calfe which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, euen vntill it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount.

Deuteronomy 15:23
Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 15:23 · retained source text

Onely thou shalt not eate the blood thereof: thou shalt powre it vpon the ground as water.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.16,23.

Deuteronomy 22:6
¶ If a bird’s nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 22:6 · retained source text

¶ If a birds nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be yong ones, or egges, and the damme sitting vpon the yong, or vpon the egges, thou shalt not take the damme with the yong.

Deuteronomy 28:4
Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:4 · retained source text

Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattell, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheepe.

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