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Greek

3749. ostrakinos -- earthen
... which serves as the . [3749 () refers to anything made of baked clay, eg
earthenware (clay vessels). Earthen (clay) jars were used ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3749.htm - 7k

2765. keramion -- an earthen vessel
... an earthen vessel, jar. Neuter of a presumed derivative of keramos; an earthenware
vessel, ie Jar -- pitcher. see GREEK keramos. (keramion) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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2766. keramos -- a tile
... tiling. Probably from the base of kerannumi (through the idea of mixing clay and
water); earthenware, ie A tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning) -- tiling. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2789. cheres -- earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd
... 2788, 2789. cheres. 2790 . earthenware, earthen vessel, sherd, potsherd.
Transliteration: cheres Phonetic Spelling: (kheh'-res) Short Definition: earthenware ...
/hebrew/2789.htm - 6k

7025. Qir Cheres -- "wall of earthenware," a fortified city in ...
... "wall of earthenware," a fortified city in Moab. Transliteration: Qir Cheres or
Qir Chareseth Phonetic Spelling: (keer kheh'-res) Short Definition: Kir-hareseth ...
/hebrew/7025.htm - 6k

3537. kad -- a jar
... barrel, pitcher. From an unused root meaning to deepen; properly, a pail; but generally
of earthenware; a jar for domestic purposes -- barrel, pitcher. ...
/hebrew/3537.htm - 6k

3335. yatsar -- to form, fashion
... root Definition to form, fashion NASB Word Usage Creator (1), devises (1), earthenware*
(1), fashion (1), fashioned (1), fashioning (2), fashions (1), formed ...
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3627. keli -- an article, utensil, vessel
... 24), armory* (1), article (10), articles (30), bag (2), baggage (12), bags (2),
basket (1), bowls* (1), cargo (1), clothing (1), earthenware* (1), equipment (6 ...
/hebrew/3627.htm - 6k

Library

But You Err, Says My Opponent, and are Mistaken...
... Do your gods, then, dwell in gypsum and in figures of earthenware? Nay, rather,
are the gods the minds, spirits, and souls of figures ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/17 but you err says.htm

The Vanity of Idols.
... Is not a fifth iron, consumed by rust? Is not a sixth earthenware, in no degree
more valuable than that which is formed for the humblest purposes? ...
/.../the epistle of mathetes to diognetus/chapter ii the vanity of idols.htm

No Gods which are Made with Hands.
... For those of wood or earthenware are preserved by their worthlessness, because
no man desires to steal a wooden or earthenware god! ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter viii no gods which are.htm

On Costly Vessels.
... Or must we forge Indian steel in order to divide meat, as when we call for
a weapon for the fight? What if the basin be of earthenware? ...
/.../clement/the instructor paedagogus/chapter iii on costly vessels.htm

The Right to the Ordinary Safeguards of Good Health
... Teacups! Beautiful Kingtechen china of the thousand-flower pattern, thin and exquisite;
or perhaps just a rough earthenware cup, with the handle missing. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 3 the right to.htm

The Unjust Steward - Dives and Lazarus - Jewish Agricultural Notes ...
... 9d. For the Mishnah informs us, that the ordinary earthenware casks' (the
Gerabh) held each 2 Seah, or 48 Log, or about 26 litres. ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xviii the unjust steward.htm

The So-Called Letter to Diognetus
... Surely it is mockery and insult to worship your stone and earthenware gods without
bothering to guard them, while you lock up your gods of silver and gold at ...
/.../richardson/early christian fathers/the so-called letter to diognetus.htm

Rachel's Refuge
... The great pots of glazed earthenware, each a small garden in size, were
filled with baked earth. The locusts had taken her flowers. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xxxii rachels refuge.htm

The Earthy Material of which Flesh is Created Wonderfully Improved ...
... a living soul by the inbreathing of God"by the breath indeed which was capable of
hardening clay into another substance, as into some earthenware, so now ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vii the earthy material of.htm

The Consulship of Eutropius
... give him a picture of the Archbishop in gold on a blue ground, to stick up on his
bedroom-wall; if David guesses right I'll give him an earthenware vase full ...
/.../chapter xxiv the consulship of.htm

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Earthenware

[POTTERY]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Porcelain.

Thesaurus

Earthenware (13 Occurrences)
... (n.) Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See
Porcelain. Multi-Version Concordance Earthenware (13 Occurrences). ...
/e/earthenware.htm - 10k

Pottery (11 Occurrences)
...Earthenware is mentioned in connection with the history of Melchizedek (Genesis
14:18), of Abraham (18:4-8), of Rebekah (27:14), of Rachel (29:2, 3, 8, 10). ...
/p/pottery.htm - 27k

Potter (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. 2. (n.) One who hawks crockery
or earthenware. 3. (n.) One who pots meats or other eatables. ...
/p/potter.htm - 28k

Earthen (19 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 2:20 Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver,
but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially ...
/e/earthen.htm - 13k

Bowl (44 Occurrences)
... BOWL. bol: (1) The primitive Hebrews, like the wandering Bedouin of today, probably
used bowls of wood, as less breakable than earthenware. ...
/b/bowl.htm - 26k

Bottle (28 Occurrences)
... 2:15). Earthenware vessels were also similarly used (Jeremiah 19:1-10;
1 Kings 14:3; Isaiah 30:14). In Job 32:19 (Comp. Matthew ...
/b/bottle.htm - 23k

Potsherd (6 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A "shred", ie, anything severed, as a fragment of earthenware
(Job 2:8; Proverbs 26:23; Isaiah 45:9). Noah Webster's Dictionary. ...
/p/potsherd.htm - 9k

Oven (22 Occurrences)
... Some were like large jars made of earthenware or copper, which were heated inside
with wood (1 Kings 17:12; Isaiah 44:15; Jeremiah 7:18) or grass (Matthew 6:30 ...
/o/oven.htm - 15k

Jars (28 Occurrences)
... Revelation 2:27 And he shall be their shepherd, ruling them with a rod of iron,
just as earthenware jars are broken to pieces; and his power over them shall be ...
/j/jars.htm - 14k

Bible Concordance

Earthenware (13 Occurrences)

2 Timothy 2:20 Now in a great house there are not only articles of gold and silver, but also others of wood and of earthenware; and some are for specially honourable, and others for common use.
(WEY NAS RSV)

Revelation 2:27 And he shall be their shepherd, ruling them with a rod of iron, just as earthenware jars are broken to pieces; and his power over them shall be like that which I Myself have received from My Father;
(WEY)

Leviticus 6:28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken; and if it be sodden in a brazen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 11:33 And every earthen vessel whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 14:5 And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 14:50 And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 15:12 And the earthen vessel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken; and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water.
(See NAS)

Numbers 5:17 And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water.
(See NAS)

Psalms 2:9 You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."
(See NAS)

Proverbs 26:23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath no hands'?
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 19:1 Thus said Jehovah, 'Go, and thou hast got a potter's earthen vessel, and of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests,
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 32:14 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Take these books, this purchase-book, both the sealed one and the open one, and thou hast put them in an earthen vessel, that they may remain many days;
(See NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Earthenware

Related Terms

Pottery (11 Occurrences)

Potter (14 Occurrences)

Earthen (19 Occurrences)

Bowl (44 Occurrences)

Bottle (28 Occurrences)

Potsherd (6 Occurrences)

Oven (22 Occurrences)

Jars (28 Occurrences)

Jug (11 Occurrences)