2001 Translation

CHOUS, chous

Sounds Like: KHOOS

Translations: dust, earth, soil, a dust, a clod

From the root: ΧΟΥΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to dust, earth, or soil. It is often used to describe the ground or the material from which humans were created. It can also refer to a clod of earth. In general usage, it denotes fine, dry particles of matter or the ground itself.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G5535 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 7:18
• Psalms — 29:10, 102:14
• Ecclesiastes — 12:7

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 10:6, 10:7, 10:8
• Leviticus — 19:36
• Deuteronomy — 28:24
• 1 Kings — 21:10
• 1 Chronicles — 1:8, 1:9, 1:10
• Judith — 7:18
• Psalms — 29:10, 102:14
• Ecclesiastes — 12:7
• Isaiah — 48:19

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΧΟΥΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΧΟΥΝ — dust, earth, dirt, a dust, an earth, a dirt
• ΧΟΥΣΑΙΟΝ — Cushite, a Cushite, Ethiopian, an Ethiopian

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