UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: noun, m.

Inflections: χοῦς; χοός; χοῦς; acc.; χοῦν

Related lemmas: χέω

Sense 1: dust, soil

Semantic entry: 2.15

Semantic domains: Natural Substances

Subdomains: Earth, Mud, Sand, Rock

Definition: dust, soil (see also 2.16: χοϊκός)

Notes: ‘Shake the dust from your feet’ may be expressed as ‘kick the dust from your feet.’ In some instances, however, the more appropriate equivalent would be ‘get rid of the dust from your feet’ or even ‘remove the dust from your feet and leave it there.’

MRK 6:11: RV MRK 6:11 · LV MRK 6:11 · Read together MRK 6:11

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OET-RV MRK 6:11

11 But if any places don’t want you or don’t want to hear what you have to say, just leave that place. As you go, shake the dust off your sandals so they can see that you pass the responsibility of your leaving, onto them.”

OET-LV MRK 6:11

11 And whatever wishfully place may_ not _receive you _all, nor may _they _hear from _you _all, going _out from _there, shake _off the dust which beneath the feet of _you _all for a_testimony to _them.

REV 18:19: RV REV 18:19 · LV REV 18:19 · Read together REV 18:19

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OET-RV REV 18:19

19 Then they’ll throw dust on their heads (a Hebrew sign of mourning) and weep and mourn and cry out, “That incredible city where every ship owner became wealthy from valuable trade with her—she’s been destroyed in a single hour.”

OET-LV REV 18:19

19 And they _throw dust on the heads of _them, and they _cried _out, weeping and mourning saying:
Woe, woe, the city the great, in which became _rich all the ones having the ships in the sea by the wealth of _her.
Because in _one hour she _was _desolated.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

χοῦς

Form 1

Sense 1: dust, soil