The term 'ashes' is used 41 times in the New King James Version with the first being in Genesis 18:27.
The 'Ashes' are the ashes of the first bails used in the first cricket test between England and Australia.
In the bible sackcloth and ashes stand for real repentence.
The bible don't say, It says ashes to ashes and dust to dust!!
jeramiah
Simple...just access Strongs Exhaustive Concordance on line and count the references
Our small group wondered who compiled the first Bible and when was the first time it was used in a church?
That word is not in the Bible.
1882-83
this one is rather simple if you know where in the bible to look. It is in the second part of Genesis. according to this account, God first created the earth, the animals, the sea and the heavens. (not in order). He then proceeded to create man out of dirt from the earth, which is why on Ash Wednesday the blessing used to be "ashes to ashes, dust to dust". -greenback
because we were formed for ashes and we will return to ashes when we die. By:snakeman
In the United States no.
The word ashes can be used in a sentences as a condition. For example, the man was in ashes.