Dust
χόοςStrong’s G5522choos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Choos is the Greek word usually translated “dust”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.”
Meaning
Usually translated “dust”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- dust 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 1
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
χόος choos · dust
χοῦς, -οός accusative, οῦν, ὁ, (contr. from χόος), [in LXX chiefly for עָפָר ;] 1. earth, soil. 2. In later writers (Pint., LXX), = κονιορτός, dust: Mrk.6:11, Rev.18:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dust” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DUST, noun
- Fine dry particles of earth or other matter, so attenuated that it may be raised and wafted by the wind; powder; as clouds of dust and seas of blood.
- Fine dry particles of earth; fine earth.“The peacock warmeth her eggs in the dust” Job 39:14
- Earth; unorganized earthy matter.“DUST thou art, and to dust shalt thou return” Genesis 3:19
- The grave.“For now shall I sleep in the dust” Job 7:21
All definitions and other forms of “dust”
- A low condition.“God raiseth the poor out of the dust” 1 Samuel 2:8
DUST, verb transitive
- To free from dust; to brush, wipe or sweep away dust; as, to dust a table or a floor.
- To sprinkle with dust
- To levigate.
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.