Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4300 Metals and minerals » 4360 sand 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. Sand as a fine granular substance In the desert Exodus 2:12 See also Job 39:13-15; Isaiah 35:6-7 At the sea Jeremiah 5:22 See also Deuteronomy 33:18-19; Acts 27:39 Sand-bars Acts 27:41 See also Acts 27:17 The weight of sand Job 6:2-3 See also Proverbs 27:3 Sand representing innumerability God promised that Israel would be as innumerable as sand Genesis 22:15-18 See also Genesis 32:9-12; 1 Kings 4:20; Isaiah 10:20-22; Isaiah 48:17-19; Jeremiah 33:19-22; Hosea 1:8-10; Romans 9:22-27; Hebrews 11:11-12 Armies described as being as innumerable as sand 1 Samuel 13:5 See also Joshua 11:1-5; Judges 7:12; 2 Samuel 17:11; Revelation 20:7-8 Other comparisons with the innumerability of sand Genesis 41:49 See also 1 Kings 4:29; Job 29:18; Psalm 78:27-29; Psalm 139:17-18; Jeremiah 15:8; Habakkuk 1:8-9 The instability and impermanence of sand Matthew 7:24-27 pp Luke 6:46-49 See also
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