Aphar עָפָר
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| עָפָר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aphar |
| Strong's number | H6083 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | dust |
| Occurrences | 110 in 103 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (26) |
Aphar (Hebrew עָפָר, Strong's H6083) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “dust”. It occurs 110 times in 103 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) dry earth, dust, powder, ashes, earth, ground, mortar, rubbish
1a) dry or loose earth
1b) debris
1c) mortar
1d) ore
1a) dry or loose earth
1b) debris
1c) mortar
1d) ore
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | dust (93), earth (7), powder (3), morter (2), ashes (2), rubbish (2), ground (1) |
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| BSB | dust (61), like dust (5), soil (4), like the dust (3), powder (3), earth (3), dirt (2), plaster (2), rubble (2), ground (2), out of the dust (2), am but dust (1), and 20 other renderings |
Verses
Every verse with Aphar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 2:7And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
- Genesis 3:14And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
- Genesis 13:16And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
- Genesis 18:27And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- Genesis 26:15For all the wells which his father’s servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
- Genesis 28:14And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
Exodus
- Exodus 8:16And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”
- Exodus 8:17And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 14:41And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place:And he shall have the inside of the house scraped completely and the plaster that is scraped off dumped into an unclean place outside the city.
- Leviticus 14:42And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other morter, and shall plaister the house.So different stones must be obtained to replace the contaminated ones, as well as additional mortar to replaster the house.
- Leviticus 14:45And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place.It must be torn down with its stones, its timbers, and all its plaster, and taken outside the city to an unclean place.
- Leviticus 17:13And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust.And if any Israelite or foreigner living among them hunts down a wild animal or bird that may be eaten, he must drain its blood and cover it with dirt.
Numbers
- Numbers 5:17And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.
- Numbers 19:17And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel:For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.
- Numbers 23:10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 9:21And 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.And I took that sinful thing, the calf you had made, and burned it in the fire. Then I crushed it and ground it to powder as fine as dust, and I cast it into the stream that came down from the mountain.
- Deuteronomy 28:24The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 32:24They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.
Joshua
- Joshua 7:6And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads.
1 Samuel
- 1 Samuel 2:8He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 16:13And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill’s side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.So David and his men proceeded along the road as Shimei went along the ridge of the hill opposite him. As Shimei went, he yelled curses, threw stones, and flung dust at David.
- 2 Samuel 22:43Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad.I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 16:2Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;“Even though I lifted you out of the dust and made you ruler over My people Israel, you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have caused My people Israel to sin and to provoke Me to anger by their sins.
- 1 Kings 18:38Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.
- 1 Kings 20:10And Ben–hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”
2 Kings
- 2 Kings 13:7Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- 2 Kings 23:4And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth–el.Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel.
- 2 Kings 23:6And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.
- 2 Kings 23:12And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron.He pulled down the altars that the kings of Judah had set up on the roof near the upper chamber of Ahaz, and the altars that Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the house of the LORD. The king pulverized them there and threw their dust into the Kidron Valley.
- 2 Kings 23:15Moreover the altar that was at Beth–el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.He even pulled down the altar at Bethel, the high place set up by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin. Then he burned the high place, ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah pole.
2 Chronicles
- 2 Chronicles 1:9Now, O Lord God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.Now, O LORD God, let Your promise to my father David be fulfilled. For You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 4:2And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”
- Nehemiah 4:10And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.Meanwhile, the people of Judah said: “The strength of the laborer fails, and there is so much rubble that we will never be able to rebuild the wall.”
Job
- Job 2:12And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
- Job 4:19How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
- Job 5:6Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
- Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
- Job 7:21And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
- Job 8:19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
- Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
- Job 14:8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,
- Job 14:19The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.as water wears away the stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a man’s hope.
- Job 16:15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
- Job 17:16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”
- Job 19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Job 20:11His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
- Job 21:26They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.
- Job 22:24Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks.and consign your gold to the dust and the gold of Ophir to the stones of the ravines,
- Job 27:16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,
- Job 28:2Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.
- Job 28:6The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold.Its rocks are the source of sapphires, containing flecks of gold.
- Job 30:6To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
- Job 30:19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
- Job 34:15All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
- Job 38:38When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?
- Job 39:14Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
- Job 40:13Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
- Job 41:33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear!
- Job 42:6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
Psalms
- Psalm 7:5Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
- Psalm 18:42Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.I ground them as dust in the face of the wind; I trampled them like mud in the streets.
- Psalm 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
- Psalm 22:29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.All the rich of the earth will feast and worship; all who go down to the dust will kneel before Him— even those unable to preserve their lives.
- Psalm 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?
- Psalm 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
- Psalm 72:9They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.May the nomads bow before him, and his enemies lick the dust.
- Psalm 78:27He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
- Psalm 102:14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
- Psalm 103:14For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
- Psalm 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- Psalm 113:7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
- Psalm 119:25My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me according to Your word.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 8:26While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.before He made the land or fields, or any of the dust of the earth.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 3:20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
- Ecclesiastes 12:7Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 2:10Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty.Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty.
- Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.
- Isaiah 25:12And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.The high-walled fortress will be brought down, cast to the ground, into the dust.
- Isaiah 26:5For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust.For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
- Isaiah 26:19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Isaiah 29:4And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.You will be brought low, you will speak from the ground, and out of the dust your words will be muffled. Your voice will be like a spirit from the ground; your speech will whisper out of the dust.
- Isaiah 34:7And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
- Isaiah 34:9And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch.Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
- Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
- Isaiah 41:2Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
- Isaiah 49:23And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”
- Isaiah 52:2Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion.
- Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
Lamentations
- Lamentations 2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
- Lamentations 3:29He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 24:7For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
- Ezekiel 26:4And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock.They will destroy the walls of Tyre and demolish her towers. I will scrape the soil from her and make her a bare rock.
- Ezekiel 26:12And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.
- Ezekiel 27:30And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes:They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes.
Daniel
- Daniel 12:2And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Amos
- Amos 2:7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
Micah
- Micah 1:10Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
- Micah 7:17They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.
Habakkuk
- Habakkuk 1:10And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.
Zephaniah
- Zephaniah 1:17And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
Zechariah
- Zechariah 9:3And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).