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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 the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living [fn]person.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:6 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:7 - The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:8 - Now Cush fathered Nimrod; he [fn]became 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 dump 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 the discarded stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:45 - The owner shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, 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 accurate balances, accurate weights, an accurate [fn]ephah, and an accurate [fn]hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:24 - “The LORD 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 ground on his face before the ark of the LORD 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 road; and Shimei kept going on the hillside close beside him, and as he went he cursed and threw stones and dirt at him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 -

“Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth;

I crushed and trampled them like the mud of the streets.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:38 - Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood, and the stones and the dust; and it licked up the water that was in the trench.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:10 - Ben-hadad sent word to him and said, “May the gods do so to me and more so, [fn]if the dust of Samaria will be enough for handfuls for all the people who [fn]follow me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:7 - For he left to Jehoahaz no more of the [fn]army than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand infantry, because the king of Aram had eliminated them and made them like the dust at threshing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:4 -

Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the [fn]doorkeepers to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the utensils that had been made for Baal, for [fn]Asherah, and for all the heavenly [fn]lights; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron Valley, and carried their ashes to Bethel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - He also brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD 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 - The king also tore down the altars that 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 courtyards of the house of the LORD; and he [fn]smashed 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 misled Israel into sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he tore down. Then he burned the high place, ground the remains 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 fathered Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:9 - “Now, LORD God, Your [fn]promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:10 -

And so [fn]in Judah it was said:

“The strength of the burden bearers is failing,

Yet there is much rubble;

And we ourselves are unable

To rebuild the wall.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:14 -

For she abandons 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 to the ground

And lay my glory in the dust. Selah

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 -

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

I emptied them out like the mud of the streets.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:15 -

My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,

And my tongue clings to my jaws;

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 30:9 -

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

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:25 -

For our souls have sunk down into the dust;

Our bodies cling to the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:9 -

[fn]May the nomads of the desert bow before him,

And his enemies lick the dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:27 -

When He rained meat upon them like the dust,

Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:14 -

Surely Your servants [fn]take pleasure in her stones,

And feel pity for her dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:14 -

For He Himself knows [fn]our form;

He is mindful that we are nothing but dust.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:29 -

You hide Your face, they are terrified;

You take away their breath, they perish

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 [fn]descendants would have been like the sand,

And [fn]your offspring like its grains;

Their name would never be eliminated 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 faces to the ground

And lick the dust from your feet;

And you will know that I am the LORD;

Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:2 -

Shake yourself from the dust, rise up,

Captive Jerusalem;

Release yourself from the chains around your neck,

Captive daughter of Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:10 -

The elders of the daughter of Zion

Sit on the ground and [fn]are silent.

They have thrown dust on their heads;

They have put on sackcloth.

The virgins of Jerusalem

Have bowed their heads to the ground.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:4 - ‘They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:12 - “Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your merchandise, tear down your walls and destroy your delightful houses, and [fn]throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris into the water.
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 2:7 -

“These who [fn]trample the head of the helpless to the dust of the earth

Also divert the way of the humble;

And a man and his father [fn]resort to the same [fn]girl

So as to profane My holy name.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:17 -

They will lick up dust like a snake,

Like [fn]reptiles of the earth.

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

To the LORD our God they will come in trepidation,

And they will be afraid of You.

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 1:17 -

I will bring distress on mankind

So that they will walk like those who are blind,

Because they have sinned against the LORD;

And their blood will be poured out like dust,

And their flesh like dung.

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 -

For Tyre built herself a fortress,

And piled up silver like dust,

And gold like the mud of the streets.

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