noun · masculine
chouos
Greekχοῦς (chous)
Strong’sG5522
dust
stem chou-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
χοῦς, -οός acc., οῦν, ὁ, (contr. from χόος),
[in LXX chiefly for עָפָר;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5522 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkho'-os
a heap (as poured out), i.e. rubbish; loose dirt
Fromfrom the base of G5494;
King Jamesdust.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | chouos | chouois |
| object accusative | chouon2×χοῦν | chouoin |
| direct address vocative | chouor | chouoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | chouou | chouoiu |
| to, for dative | chouo | chouoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chouo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
chouon“dust”objectaccusative singular2×
Mark 6:11“dust”kai hos an topos mē decheteia vin mēde akoualeia vu, ekporeuerōtois ekeithen ektinassavar ton chouon ton hupokatō toiu podoiu vu eis marturiem autoi.If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
Revelation 18:19“dust”kai ballala chouon epi tain kefalain autoiu kai krazala klaiarōtois kai pentharōtois legarōtois; Ouai ouai, tas politas tas megas, en ha ploutala pantois tois echarōtois teim ploieim en ta thalassa ek tau timiotau autau, hoti hena hōra erēmita.Then they will throw dust on their heads as they weep and mourn and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, where all who had ships on the sea were enriched by her wealth! For in a single hour she has been destroyed.”