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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Ground

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

192exact KJV occurrences 164Old Testament 28New Testament 34books containing the word 21mapped Strong's IDs 186occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where ground appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 2424 verses Exodus 98 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 22 verses Deuteronomy 77 verses Joshua 32 verses Judges 66 verses Ruth 11 verses 1 Samuel 1111 verses 2 Samuel 1313 verses 1 Kings 22 verses 2 Kings 66 verses 1 Chronicles 33 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Nehemiah 33 verses Job 88 verses Psalms 88 verses Isaiah 1514 verses Jeremiah 66 verses Lamentations 54 verses Ezekiel 1414 verses Daniel 77 verses Hosea 22 verses Amos 11 verses Obadiah 11 verses Haggai 11 verses Zechariah 11 verses Malachi 11 verses Matthew 44 verses Mark 88 verses Luke 77 verses John 66 verses Acts 22 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG5476
χαμαί

chamaí · kham-ah'-ee

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

earthward, i.e. prostrate

Strong's KJV usage: :--on (to) the ground.

Strong's first: John 9:6Strong's last: John 18:6

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GreekG1475
ἔδαφος

édaphos · ed'-af-os

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a basis (bottom), i.e. the soil

Strong's KJV usage: :--ground.

Strong's first: Acts 22:7Strong's last: Acts 22:7

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GreekG1477
ἑδραίωμα

hedraíōma · hed-rah'-yo-mah

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a support, i.e. (figuratively) basis

Strong's KJV usage: :--ground.

Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:15Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:15

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HebrewH8273
שָׁרָב

shârâb · shaw-rawb'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

quivering glow (of the air), especially the mirage

Strong's KJV usage: heat, parched ground.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Isaiah 35:7Strong's last: Isaiah 35:7

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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192 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

2 Samuel 23:12
H2513

But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory.

2 Samuel 24:20
H776

And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

1 Kings 1:23
H776

And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground.

1 Kings 7:46
H127

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan.

2 Kings 2:8
no direct Strong's tag

And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.

2 Kings 2:15
H776

And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

2 Kings 2:19
H776

And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.

2 Kings 4:37
H776

Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out.

2 Kings 9:26
no direct Strong's tag

Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.

2 Kings 13:18
H776

And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.

1 Chronicles 11:13
H7704

He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

1 Chronicles 21:21
H776

And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.

1 Chronicles 27:26
H127

And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

2 Chronicles 4:17
H127

In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah.

2 Chronicles 7:3
H776

And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.

2 Chronicles 20:18
H776

And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

Nehemiah 8:6
H776

And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Nehemiah 10:35
H127

And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD:

Nehemiah 10:37
H127

And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage.

Job 1:20
H776

Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

Job 2:13
H776

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 5:6
H127

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

Job 14:8
H6083

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Job 16:13
H776

His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Job 18:10
H776

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

ground

GROUND, noun

1. The surface of land or upper part of the earth, without reference to the materials which compose it. We apply ground to soil, sand or gravel indifferently, but never apply it to the whole mass of the earth or globe, nor to any portion of it when removed. We never say a shovel full or a load of ground We say under ground but not under earth; and we speak of the globe as divided into land and water, not into ground and water. Yet ground earth and land are often used synonymously. We say, the produce or fruits of the ground of the earth, or of land. The water overflows the low ground or the low land.

There was not a man to till the ground Genesis 2:5.

The ground shall give its increase. Zechariah 8:12.

The fire ran along on the ground Exodus 9:23.

2. Region; territory; as Egyptian ground; British ground; heavenly ground

3. Land; estate; possession.

Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.

4. The surface of the earth, or a floor or pavement.

Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground 1 Samuel 5:4.

5. Foundation; that which supports any thing. This argument stands on defensible ground Hence,

6. Fundamental cause; primary reason or original principle. He stated the grounds of his complaint.

Making happiness the ground of his unhappiness.

7. First principles; as the grounds of religion.

8. In painting, the surface on which a figure or object is represented; that surface or substance which retains the original color, and to which the other colors are applied to make the representation; as crimson on a white ground

9. In manufactures, the principal color, to which others are considered as ornamental.

10. Grounds, plural, the bottom of liquors; dregs; lees; feces; as coffee grounds; the grounds of strong beer.

11. The plain song; the tune on which descants are raised.

On that ground I'll build a holy descant.

12. In etching, a gummous composition spread over the surface of the metal to be etched, to prevent the nitric acid from eating, except where the ground is opened with the point of a needle.

13. Field or place of action. He fought with fury, and would not quit the ground

14. In music, the name given to a composition in which the base, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a continually varying melody.

15. The foil to set a thing off.

16. Formerly, the pit of a play house.

To gain ground to advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an army in battle gains ground Hence, to obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the army gains ground on the enemy. Hence,

1. To gain credit; to prevail; to become more general or extensive; as, the opinion gains ground

To lose ground to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the position taken. Hence, to lose advantage. Hence,

1. To lose credit; to decline; to become less in force or extent.

To give ground to recede; to yield advantage.

get ground and to gather ground are seldom used.

GROUND, verb transitive To lay or set on the ground

1. To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, cause, reason or principle; as arguments grounded on reason; faith grounded on scriptural evidence.

2. To settle in first principles; to fix firmly.

Being rooted and grounded in love Ephesians 3:17.

GROUND, verb intransitive To run aground; to strike the bottom and remain fixed; as, the ship grounded in two fathoms of water.

GROUND, preterit tense and participle passive of grind.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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