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Small particles of matter found on the ground, out of which man was formed, to whom it was said, "Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." Gen. 2: 7; Gen. 3: 19. "The first man is of the earth, earthy." 1 Cor. 15: 47. It is used as a symbol of weakness: "he remembereth that we are dust." Ps. 103: 14. To 'lick the dust' is figurative of defeat. Ps. 72: 9. To 'cast dust upon the head' was a sign of grief. Ezek. 27: 30; Rev. 18: 19. To 'shake the dust off the feet' on leaving a city where the servants of Christ had been rejected, was leaving them to judgement: not even the dust of their city should be presented before the messengers' Master. Matt. 10: 14; Acts 13: 51. Similarly dust was cast or shaken into the air by men in great
indignation. Acts 22: 23.