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Lexicon :: Strong's G5522 - chous

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χοῦς
Transliteration
chous (Key)
Pronunciation
kho'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of χειμών (G5494)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
49x in 5 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

χόος chóos, kho'-os; from the base of G5494; a heap (as poured out), i.e. rubbish; loose dirt:—dust.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G5522 in the following manner: dust (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G5522 in the following manner: dust (2x).

  1. earth dug out, an earth heap

  2. dust

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
χόος chóos, kho'-os; from the base of G5494; a heap (as poured out), i.e. rubbish; loose dirt:—dust.
STRONGS G5522:
χὠς, see χοῦς.

Related entry:
χοῦς, χὠς, accusative χοῦν, ὁ (contracted for χὠς, from χέω, to pour), from Herodotus down;
1. properly, earth dug out, an earth-heap (German Schutt): ὁ χοῦς ὁ ἐξορυχθεις, Herodotus 2, 150.
2. dust (the Sept. for עָפָר): Mark 6:11; Revelation 18:19 ((Joshua 7:11; Wis. 5:15; Sir. 44:21, etc.); Plutarch, mor., p. 1096 b. (i. e. non posse suaviter etc. 13, 7)).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
7:11
Mark
6:11
Revelation
18:19

BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
7:11
Mark
6:11
Revelation
18:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5522 matches the Greek χοῦς (chous),
which occurs 49 times in 47 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 - And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - And 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:

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:42 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:45

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 - Then 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - And Benhadad 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - Neither 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 - And 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 Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 - Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 - The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9 - And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 - And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - Now, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 - Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 - Let 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 - Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 - My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 - What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 - For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 - They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 - He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 - For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 - For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 - Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 52:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 - Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 - The 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 - That 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:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 - They 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
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