Dictionary of Bible Themes A fine granular substance formed by the erosion of rocks, and found especially in the deserts and by the sea. It is often used as a symbol of innumerability and occasionally as a symbol of instability. Exodus 2:12Sand as a fine granular substance See also In the desert Job 39:13-15Isaiah 35:6-7 Jeremiah 5:22 See also At the sea Deuteronomy 33:18-19Acts 27:39 Acts 27:41 See also Sand-bars Acts 27:17Job 6:2-3 See also The weight of sand Proverbs 27:3Genesis 22:15-18 Sand representing innumerability See also God promised that Israel would be as innumerable as sand Genesis 32:9-121 Kings 4:20 Isaiah 10:20-22; 48:17-19 Jeremiah 33:19-22 Hosea 1:8-10 Romans 9:22-27 Hebrews 11:11-12 1 Samuel 13:5 See also Armies described as being as innumerable as sand Joshua 11:1-5Judges 7:12 2 Samuel 17:11 Revelation 20:7-8 Genesis 41:49 See also Other comparisons with the innumerability of sand 1 Kings 4:29Job 29:18 Psalms 78:27-29; 139:17-18 Jeremiah 15:8 Habakkuk 1:8-9 Matthew 7:24-27 The instability and impermanence of sand See also pp Lk 6:46-49 4281 stars4306 minerals 4354 rock 5893 insults |
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