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Is “Dog” in the Bible?

Yes. “Dog” is in the Bible. It appears 42 times in the Lumin Translation and 41 times in the King James Bible.

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Is “Dog” in the Bible?

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Yes. “Dog” is in the Bible.

It appears 42 times in the Lumin Translation and 41 times in the King James Bible.

Dogs appear often, first in Exodus 11:7. In Scripture they are mostly street scavengers, and “dog” is often an insult, as in 1 Samuel 17:43.

In two Bibles

Lumin Translation: 42 times, first in Exodus 11:7.

King James Version: 41 times, first in Exodus 11:7.

Other forms: dogs (26 times in the Lumin Translation), dogged (once in the Lumin Translation).

But against any of the Israelites, whether person or animal, not even a dog will snarl, so that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.
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Counted in the Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, and the King James Version (1769), with the same index as the Bible word checker. Counts are of exact word forms.

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Is “Dog” in the Bible?

Yes. “Dog” is in the Bible. It appears 42 times in the Lumin Translation and 41 times in the King James Bible. Dogs appear often, first in Exodus 11:7. In Scripture they are mostly street scavengers, and “dog” is often an insult, as in 1 Samuel 17:43.

How many times is “Dog” in the Bible?

Dog appears 42 times in the Lumin Translation and 41 times in the King James Bible. Counts are of exact word forms, counting dog and dogs.

Where is “Dog” first mentioned in the Bible?

In the Lumin Translation, dog first appears in Exodus 11:7: “But against any of the Israelites, whether person or animal, not even a dog will snarl, so that you may know that Yahweh makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.”

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