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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

2. (n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.

3. (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.

4. (v. t.) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.

5. (v. t.) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

6. (v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.

7. (v. i.) To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.

Greek

3039. likmao -- to winnow, to scatter
... to winnow, to scatter. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: likmao Phonetic Spelling:
(lik-mah'-o) Short Definition: I crush to powder Definition: I crush to ...
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4917. sunthlao -- to crush together
... (3039 ). The verb was used of winnowing out the chaff and then of grinding to powder.
This is the fate of him on whom this Rejected Stone falls" (, 1, 172). ...
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2368. thumiama -- incense
... incense, odor. From thumiao; an aroma, ie Fragrant powder burnt in religious service;
by implication, the burning itself -- incense, odour. see GREEK thumiao. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

81. abaqah -- powder
... powder. Transliteration: abaqah Phonetic Spelling: (ab-aw-kaw') Short Definition:
powders. ... of abaq Definition powder NASB Word Usage scented powders (1). powder. ...
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1854. daqaq -- to crush, pulverize, thresh
... root Definition to crush, pulverize, thresh NASB Word Usage crushed (3), fine (1),
ground (2), ground to powder (1), powder (1), powder* (1), pulverize (2 ...
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80. abaq -- dust
... Definition: dust. Word Origin from the same as abaq Definition dust NASB Word
Usage dust (5), powder (1). small dust, powder. From root ...
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6083. aphar -- dry earth, dust
... rubble (1). ashes, dust, earth, ground, mortar, powder, rubbish. From aphar;
dust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud ...
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1793. dakka' -- contrite
... contrite, destruction From daka'; crushed (literally powder, or figuratively, contrite)
-- contrite, destruction. see HEBREW daka'. 1792, 1793. ...
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6368. piach -- soot
... ashes. From puwach; a powder (as easily puffed away), ie Ashes or dust -- ashes.
see HEBREW puwach. 6367, 6368. piach. 6369 . Strong's Numbers.
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834. asher -- who, which, that
... 1), deadly* (1), everything* (2), everywhere* (2), how (24), how* (6), if (8), inasmuch
(1), inasmuch* (2), just (1), just* (6), much (1), powder* (1), reason ...
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4417. melach -- salt
... saltpit. From malach; properly, powder, ie (specifically) salt (as easily pulverized
and dissolved -- salt((-pit)). see HEBREW malach. 4416, 4417. ...
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7834. shachaq -- dust, cloud
... From shachaq; a powder (as beaten small): by analogy, a thin vapor; by extension,
the firmament -- cloud, small dust, heaven, sky. see HEBREW shachaq. ...
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Library

On the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xxii. 42, Where the Lord Asks ...
... Stone." Yea such a stone, "that whosoever shall stumble against it shall be shaken;
but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder." [3042] For ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xli on the words.htm

October the Twenty-First the Contrite Heart
... And who are the contrite? In the original word there is the significance of pieces
of rock or lumps of soil having been crumbled into the finest powder. ...
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1 John ii. 18-27
... "Whosoever shall stumble at this stone shall be broken; [2155] and on whomsoever
this stone shall come, it will grind him to powder." We must mark the ...
/.../ten homilies on the epistle of john to the parthians/homily iii 1 john ii.htm

Low Beetling Brows, -- a Sensual, Cruel Mouth with a Loosely ...
... The iron hand of Rome holds them back from progress,"they are speaking and acting
lies; and like the stagemimes, have to put on paint and powder to make the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/ix low beetling brows .htm

The Stone of Stumbling
... 'Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it
shall fall, it will grind him to powder.'"Matthew 21:44. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the stone of stumbling.htm

The Blood.
... There was a powder magazine on board, and the captain knew the moment the fire
reached the powder, every man, woman, and child must perish. ...
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The Saviour's Last Command.
... They have brought beads and trinkets; they have brought instruments of death, such
as muskets, powder, knives and swords; and they have brought, too, full ...
/.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter iv the saviours last.htm

On the Same Words of the Gospel, Matt. xxii. 42
... And what doth He Himself say? "Whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be shaken,
but on whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder." [3079] First ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xlii on the same.htm

Against vigilantius.
... whatever it may be, which you carry about in a little vessel and worship?" And again,
in the same book, "Why do you kiss and adore a bit of powder wrapped up ...
/.../jerome/the principal works of st jerome/against vigilantius.htm

Psalm XLVI.
... stone was yet small: and small they deservedly despised it, and despising they stumbled,
and stumbling they were broken; remains that they be ground to powder. ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm xlvi.htm

Thesaurus

Powder (14 Occurrences)
... See Gunpowder. 3. (vt) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub
into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate. ...
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Grind (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To reduce to powder by friction, as in a mill, or with the teeth; to crush
into small fragments; to produce as by the action of millstones. ...
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Stamped (27 Occurrences)
... out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron,
and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast ...
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Ashe'rah (18 Occurrences)
... the Asherah from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron,
and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast ...
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Torrent (49 Occurrences)
... from the house of Jehovah, outside Jerusalem, to the torrent of Kidron, and burned
it at the torrent of Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the ...
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Grove (23 Occurrences)
... out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron,
and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast ...
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Dust (182 Occurrences)
... Jehovah threatens to bring on the land of Israel, as a punishment for forsaking
him, a rain of "powder and dust" (Deuteronomy 28:24). ...
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Whomsoever (28 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). Matthew 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken:
but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. ...
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Foul (41 Occurrences)
... (vt) To incrust (the bore of a gun) with burnt powder in the process of firing. ...
(vi) To become clogged with burnt powder in the process of firing, as a gun. ...
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Metallurgy
... The ore was first crushed to the size of lentils and then ground to powder
in a handmill made of granite slabs. This powder was ...
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Bible Concordance

Powder (14 Occurrences)

Matthew 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Luke 20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
(KJV DBY WBS)

Exodus 30:36 And thou shalt beat some of it to powder, and put some of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.
(DBY NIV)

Exodus 32:20 He took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, ground it to powder, and scattered it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 11:8 The people went about taking it up from the earth, crushing it between stones or hammering it to powder, and boiling it in pots, and they made cakes of it: its taste was like the taste of cakes cooked with oil.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 9:21 I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 28:24 Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 18:4 He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.
(BBE)

2 Kings 23:6 And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS NIV)

2 Kings 23:12 And the king broke down the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of Jehovah, and he shattered them, removing them from thence, and cast the powder of them into the torrent of Kidron.
(DBY)

2 Kings 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS NIV)

2 Chronicles 34:4 They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 34:7 He broke down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the engraved images into powder, and cut down all the incense altars throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 3:6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Powder

Related Terms

Grind (12 Occurrences)

Stamped (27 Occurrences)

Ashe'rah (18 Occurrences)

Torrent (49 Occurrences)

Grove (23 Occurrences)

Dust (182 Occurrences)

Whomsoever (28 Occurrences)

Foul (41 Occurrences)

Metallurgy