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Made of dust

χοϊκόςStrong’s G5517

choikos

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Choikos is the Greek word usually translated “made of dust”, “earth” and “earthly”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.”
1 Corinthians 15:47 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “made of dust”, “earth” and “earthly”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • made of dust 2
  • of the earth 1
  • earthly 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 1 Corinthians 3

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

χοϊκός choikos · made of dust

χοϊκός, -ή, -όν, (χοῦς) earthy, made of dust: 1Co.15:47-49 (see Field, Notes, 179 f.).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “earth” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

EARTH, noun

erth.

  1. earth in its primary sense, signifies the particles which compose the mass of the globe, but more particularly the particles which form the fine mold on the surface of the globe; or it denotes any indefinite mass or portion of that matter.
  2. In chimistry, the term earth was, till lately, employed to denote a simple elementary body or substance, tasteless, inodorous, uninflammable and infusible.
  3. The terraqueous globe which we inhabit.
  4. The world, as opposed to other scenes of existence.
All definitions and other forms of “earth”
  1. The inhabitants of the globe.“The whole earth was of one language” Genesis 11:1
  2. Dry land, opposed to the sea.“God called the dry land earth” Genesis 1:10
  3. Country; region; a distinct part of the globe.
  4. The ground; the surface of the earth He fell to the earth The ark was lifted above the earth
  5. In scripture, things on the earth are carnal, sensual, temporary things; opposed to heavenly, spiritual or divine things.
  6. Figuratively, a low condition. Revelation 12:4
  7. [from ear, Latin aro, to plow.] The act of turning up the ground in tillage. [Not used.]

EARTH, verb transitive

To hide in the earth

  1. To cover with earth or mold.

EARTH, verb intransitive

To retire under ground; to burrow. Here foxes earthed.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.