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Dust
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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from cheo, "to pour," primarily, "earth dug out, an earth heap," then, "loose earth or dust," is used in Mark 6:11; Revelation 18:19 .
"raised or flying dust" (konia, "dust," ornumi, "to stir up"), is found in Matthew 10:14; Luke 9:5; 10:11; Acts 13:51; 22:23 .
primarily, "to winnow" (from likmos, "a winnowing-fan"), hence, "to scatter" as chaff or dust, is used in Matthew 21:44; Luke 20:18 , RV, "scatter as dust," AV, "grind to powder." There are indications in the papyri writings that the word came to denote "to ruin, to destroy."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dust'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dust.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dust'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dust.html. 1940.
