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Sand

Part of speech: Noun, Thing

All the grains of sand on the seashore.


  • The wind has an abrasive effect caused by sand particles. - 702
  Key words: Beach, Mineral, Mining, Sand, Sandals, Sands, Sandy, Soil  

  Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)  

Question: What is Sand?
  Answer: Sand is small loose gritty rounded grains of quartz rock, or other sedimentary minerals and disintegrated rock. - 125

Question: How big is a grain of sand?
  Answer: The diameter of the sand grain particles ranges from 0.06 to 2 millimeters. - 130

Question: What is smaller then a grain of sand?
  Answer: If the sand particles are too small it is considered silt or dust. - 131

Question: What is larger then a grain of sand?
  Answer: If the sand particles are too big they are pebbles or small stones. - 132

Question: Where is sand most frequently found?
  Answer: Sand is frequently found on the beach or in deserts. - 129


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National Industrial Sand Association (NISA)
 National Industrial Sand Association (NISA)

 Industrial sand information and services.

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  Words of Wisdom  

That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.   Genesis 22:17, 18 


And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.   Genesis 32:12 


And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.   Genesis 41:49 


And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.   Exodus 2:12 


They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.   Deuteronomy 33:19 


And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.   Joshua 11:4 


And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.   Judges 7:12 


And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.   1 Samuel 13:5 


Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.   2 Samuel 17:11 


Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.   1 Kings 4:20 


And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.   1 Kings 4:29 


For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.   Job 6:3 


Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.   Job 29:18 


He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.   Psalm 78:27, 28 


If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.   Psalm 139:18 


A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.   Proverbs 27:3 


For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness.   Isaiah 10:22 


Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.   Isaiah 48:19 


Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.   Jeremiah 5:22, 23 


Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.   Jeremiah 15:8 


As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.   Jeremiah 33:22 


Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.   Hosea 1:10 


They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.   Habakkuk 1:9 


And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.   Matthew 7:26, 27 


Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.   Romans 9:27, 28 


Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.   Hebrews 11:12 


And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.   Revelation 13:1 


And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.   Revelation 20:8 





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