What does χόος (chóos) mean in the Bible?
χόος (chóos): Fine particles of earth or soil, often associated with symbolic rejection or mourning in biblical contexts.
Greek · G5522
χόος
Dust
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χόος G5522
Pronunciation chóos
What does χόος (chóos) mean in the Bible?
χόος (chóos): Fine particles of earth or soil, often associated with symbolic rejection or mourning in biblical contexts.
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How does the BSB render G5522?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dust (2).
Where does χόος (chóos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Mark 6:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dust 2× Mark 6:11, Revelation 18:19
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Usage map
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First aligned row Mark 6:11
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Mark 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
χοῦν 2x choun Mark 6:11, Revelation 18:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 2x Mark 6:11, Revelation 18:19
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Fine particles of earth or soil, often associated with symbolic rejection or mourning in biblical contexts.
Source Gloss
dust
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 6:11 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χοῦν coun
dust
Read verse Revelation 18:19 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
χοῦν coun
dust
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Word Origins
χόος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain