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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, (contracted for χὠς, from χέω, to pour), from Herodotus down;
1. properly, earth dug out, an earth-heap (German Schutt): χοῦς 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:7 - Then Yahweh God formed man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and so the man became a living [fn]being.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 -

The sons of Ham were Cush and [fn]Mizraim and Put and Canaan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - The sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Now Cush [fn]was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:41 - “And he shall have the house scraped all around [fn]inside, and they shall pour out the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:42 - “Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - “He shall therefore tear down the house, its stones and its timbers and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - ‘You shall have [fn]just balances, [fn]just weights, a [fn]just [fn]ephah, and a [fn]just [fn]hin; I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - “Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:6 -

Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:13 - So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed and cast stones and threw dust at him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 -

“Then I beat them fine as the dust of the earth;

I pulverized and stamped them as the mire of the streets.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire of Yahweh fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Then Ben-hadad sent to him and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will be sufficient for [fn]a handful for all the people who [fn]follow me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - For he did not leave to Jehoahaz any people for the army except 50 horsemen and 10 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had caused them to perish and made them like the dust at threshing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 -

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the [fn]doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, for [fn]Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the [fn]common people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:12 - Also, the altars which were on the roof, 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 Yahweh, the king tore down; and he [fn]crushed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:15 -

Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he [fn]demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:8 -

The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:9 -

The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca;

and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:10 -

Cush [fn]was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - “Now, O Yahweh God, let Your [fn]promise to my father David [fn]endure, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 -

Then Judah said,

“The [fn]strength of the burden bearers is failing,

Yet there is much [fn]rubbish;

And we ourselves are unable

To rebuild the wall.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 -

For she leaves her eggs to the earth

And warms them in the dust,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:5 -

Let the enemy pursue [fn]my soul and overtake [fn]it;

And let him trample my life down to the ground

And cause my glory to dwell in the dust. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 -

Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind;

I emptied them out as the mire of the streets.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 -

My strength is dried up like a potsherd,

And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;

And You lay me [fn]in the dust of death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 -

“What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit?

Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 -

For our soul has sunk down into the dust;

Our [fn]body cleaves to the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 -

[fn]Let the desert creatures kneel before him,

And his enemies lick the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -

Then He rained [fn]meat upon them like the dust,

Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 -

For Your slaves [fn]find pleasure in its stones

And show grace to its dust

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 -

For He Himself knows [fn]our form;

He remembers that we are but dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 -

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;

You take away their [fn]spirit, they breathe their last

And return to their dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:20 - All go to the same place. All came from the dust, and all return to the dust.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:7 - then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the [fn]spirit will return to God who gave it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:19 -

“Your seed would have been like the sand,

And the offspring from your loins like its grains;

Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:23 -

“Kings will be your guardians,

And their princesses your nurses.

They will bow down to you with their [fn]faces to the earth

And lick the dust of your feet;

And you will know that I am Yahweh;

Those who hope in Me will not be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 -

Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,

O captive Jerusalem;

Loose yourself from the chains around your neck,

O captive daughter of Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 -

Yodh

The elders of the daughter of Zion

Sit on the ground; they are silent.

They have thrown dust up on their heads;

They have girded themselves with sackcloth.

The virgins of Jerusalem

Have bowed their heads down to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘They will make the walls of Tyre a ruin and pull down her towers; and I will scrape her dust from her and make her a bare rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will make a spoil of your wealth and a plunder of your merchandise, and pull down your walls and tear down your desirable houses, and [fn]throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 -

“These who [fn]pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the poor

Also turn aside the way of the humble;

And a man and his father go to the same [fn]young woman

In order to profane My holy name.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 -

They will lick the dust like a serpent,

Like crawling things of the earth.

They will come trembling out of their [fn]fortresses;

To Yahweh our God they will come in dread,

And they will be afraid before You.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 -

I will bring distress on men

So that they will walk like the blind

Because they have sinned against Yahweh;

And their blood will be poured out like dust

And their flesh like dung.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 -

So Tyre built herself a tight fortification

And tied up silver like dust

And fine gold like the mire of the streets.

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