KJV dictionary & concordance
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquors in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Ezekiel 24:6
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ Wherefore thus saith the Lord God; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
¶ Wherefore thus sayth the LORD God, Woe to the bloodie citie, to the pot whose scumme is therein, and whose scumme is not gone out of it; bring it out piece by piece, let no lot fall vpon it.
Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
Then set it empty vpon the coales thereof, that the brasse of it may be hot and may burne, and that the filthinesse of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed.
She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire.
She hath wearied herselfe with lies, and her great scumme went not forth out of her: her scumme shall be in the fire.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquors in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means.
