Clay

As the sediment of water remaining in pits or in streets, the word is used frequently in the Old Testament. (Psalms 18:42; Isaiah 57:20; Jeremiah 38:6) and in the New Testament, (John 9:6) a mixture of sand or dust with spittle. It is also found in the sense of potter's clay. (Isaiah 41:25) The great seat of the pottery of the present day in Palestine is Gaza, where are made the vessels in dark-blue clay so frequently met with. Another use of clay was for sealing. (Job 38:14) Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed, (Matthew 27:66) as also the earthen vessel containing the evidences of Jeremiah's purchase. (Jeremiah 32:14) The seal used for public documents was rolled on the moist clay, and the tablet was then placed in the fire and baked.

Clay

Designed for earthenware was trodden by the feet to mix it well, Isaiah 41:25, was molded on a wheel, and then baked in a kiln, Jeremiah 18:3 43:9. The potter's art is referred to in Scripture to illustrate man's dependence upon God, Isaiah 64:8 Romans 9:21. See POTTER. Clay seems to have been also used in sealing, as wax is with us, Job 38:14. The bricks of Babylon are found marked with a large seal or stamp, and modern travellers find the locks of doors in eastern khans and granaries sealed on the outside with clay.

Thick clay

(Habakkuk 2:6) is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "pledges." The Chaldean power is here represented as a rapacious usurer, accumulating the wealth that belonged to others.

This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets (Isaiah 57:20; Jeremiah 38:60), of dust mixed with spittle (John 9:6), and of potter's clay (Isaiah 41:25; Nahum 3:14; Jeremiah 18:1-6; Romans 9:21). Clay was used for sealing (Job 38:14; Jeremiah 32:14). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed (Matthew 27:66). The practice of sealing doors with clay is still common in the East. Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar (Genesis 11:3). The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple were cast (1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chronicles 4:17) was a compact loam fitted for the purpose. The expression literally rendered is, "in the thickness of the ground,", meaning, "in stiff ground" or in clay.

1. (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

2. (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.

3. (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.

4. (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

CLAY

kla (chomer, chacaph, TiT, meleT, `abhi, ma`abheh, abhTiT; pelos, "wet clay," "mud"): True clay, which is a highly aluminous soil, is found in certain localities in Palestine, and is used in making pottery. The Hebrew and Greek words, as well as the English "clay," are, however, used loosely for any sticky mud. In making mud bricks, true clay is not always used, but ordinary soil is worked up with water and mixed with straw, molded and left to dry in the sun. Chomer (compare chmar, "slime" or "bitumen") is rendered both "clay" and "mortar." TiT is rendered "clay" or "mire." In Isaiah 41:25 we have: "He shall come upon rulers as upon mortar (chomer), and as the potter treadeth clay" (TiT). In Nahum 3:14, "Go into the clay (TiT), and tread the mortar (chomer); make strong the brickkiln" (i.e. make the walls ready to withstand a siege). Chacaph is the clay of the image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Daniel 2:33). MeleT occurs only in Jeremiah 43:9, where we find: the King James Version, "Take great stones. and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln"; the Revised Version (British and American), "hide them in mortar in the brickwork"; the Revised Version, margin, "lay them with mortar in the pavement." In Habakkuk 2:6, `abhTiT (found only here) is rendered in the King James Version "thick clay," as if from `abhi and TiT, but the Revised Version (British and American) has "pledges," referring the word to the root `abhaT, "to give a pledge." In 1 Kings 7:46, ma`abheh ha-'adhamah (compare 2 Chronicles 4:17, `abhi ha-'adhamah) is the compact or clayey soil in the plain of Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan, in which Hiram cast the vessels of brass for Solomon's temple. In John 9:6, 11, 14, Thayer gives "made mud of the spittle"; in Romans 9:21, "wet clay."

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4081. pelos -- clay
... pelos. 4082 . clay. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pelos Phonetic
Spelling: (pay-los') Short Definition: clay, mud Definition: clay, mud. ...
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3749. ostrakinos -- earthen
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ostrakinos Phonetic Spelling:
(os-tra'-kin-os) Short Definition: made of earth Definition: made of clay, earthen. ...
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2764. keramikos -- earthen
... earthen. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: keramikos Phonetic Spelling:
(ker-am-ik-os') Short Definition: of clay, made by a potter Definition: of clay ...
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4112. plastos -- formed, molded
... 4112 -- (from 4111 , "to by using clay, wax, etc.," which is the root of the English
term, "plastic") -- properly, shaped according to a mold (predesign ...
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4973. sphragis -- a seal, a signet
... seal attests, the proof. Cognate: 4973 -- an etched (engraved) object pressed
into soft wax or clay to (); a ".". "Seal" is often ...
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4111. plasso -- to form
... form. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: plasso Phonetic Spelling: (plas'-so)
Short Definition: I form, mould Definition: I form, mould, as a potter his clay ...
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2985. lampas -- a torch
... lamp, lantern. 2985 -- a hand-held "torch" (sometimes merely a clay vessel);
a that uses a wick saturated with oil. Word Origin ...
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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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2916. tit -- mud, mire, clay
... 2915, 2916. tit. 2917 . mud, mire, clay. Transliteration: tit Phonetic
Spelling: (teet) Short Definition: mire. ... clay, dirt, mire. ...
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2635. chasaph -- clay, potsherd
... 2634, 2635. chasaph. 2636 . clay, potsherd. Transliteration: chasaph
Phonetic Spelling: (khas-af') Short Definition: clay. Word ...
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2563. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay
... 2562, 2563. chomer. 2563a . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer Phonetic
Spelling: (kho'mer) Short Definition: clay. clay, heap, homer, mire, motion ...
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2563a. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay
... 2563, 2563a. chomer. 2563b . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer
Short Definition: clay. Word Origin from chamar Definition ...
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2917. tin -- clay
... clay. Transliteration: tin Phonetic Spelling: (teen) Short Definition: common. ... (Aramaic)
perhaps, by interchange, for a word corresponding to tiyt; clay -- miry. ...
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4568. maabeh -- thickness, compactness
... 4567, 4568. maabeh. 4569 . thickness, compactness. Transliteration: maabeh
Phonetic Spelling: (mah-ab-eh') Short Definition: clay. ... clay. ...
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4423. melet -- mortar, cement
... cement, clay. From malat, cement (from its plastic smoothness) -- clay. see
HEBREW malat. 4422, 4423. melet. 4424 . Strong's Numbers.
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5645. ab -- dark cloud, cloud mass, thicket
... clay, thick cloud, thick, thicket. ... 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse --
clay, (thick) cloud, X thick, thicket. Compare abiy. see HEBREW uwb. ...
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5671. abtit -- weight of pledges, heavy debts
... thick clay by a false etym. From abat; something pledged, ie (collectively) pawned
goods -- thick clay (by a false etym.). see HEBREW abat. 5670, 5671. ...
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3843. lebenah -- brick, tile
... altar of brick, tile. From laban; a brick (from the whiteness of the clay) -- (altar
of) brick, tile. see HEBREW laban. 3842, 3843. lebenah. 3844 . ...
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The Potter and the Clay
... The Potter and the Clay. ... saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay [is] in the potter's
hand, so [are] ye in mine hand, O house of Israel." ...
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The Earthy Material of which Flesh is Created Wonderfully Improved ...
... But perhaps the dignity of the flesh may seem to be diminished, because it has not
been actually manipulated by the hand of God, as the clay was at first. ...
/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vii the earthy material of.htm

Not the Lowliness of the Material, but the Dignity and Skill of ...
... vindicating for the flesh as much as was conferred on it by Him who made it, glorying
as it even then was, because that poor paltry material, clay, found its ...
/.../tertullian/on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter vi not the lowliness of.htm

Human Generation, and the Work of God Therein Set Forth.
... "Well, then, suppose that a modeller seated within is fashioning many statues; imagine,
again, that the substance of clay is incessantly brought to him from ...
/.../chapter iv human generation and the.htm

John and Daniel have Predicted the Dissolution and Desolation of ...
... upon which came the stone cut out without hands; and as he does himself say: "The
feet were indeed the one part iron, the other part clay, until the stone was ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxvi john and daniel have.htm

Contention Over the Man Born Blind.
... while he lived among men, even the privileges of physical light were imparted to
him.] 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lxxxi contention over the man.htm

John ix. 6, 7
... John ix. 6, 7. John ix.6, 7 "When Jesus had thus spoken, He spat on the ground,
and made clay of the ... And why used He not water instead of spittle for the clay? ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily lvii john ix 6.htm

A King's Strange Dream
... of the image was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its body and its
thighs of brass, its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay. ...
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Sight Given to the Blind.
... When He had thus spoken, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and
anointed his eyes with the clay, and said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of ...
/.../dods/the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/xx sight given to the.htm

The Charge of Worshipping a Cross the Heathens Themselves Made ...
... Starting, then, from this rudimental form and prop, [667] as it were, he applies
a covering of clay, and so gradually completes the limbs, and forms the body ...
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Clay (50 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Thick clay. ...Clay was used for sealing (Job 38:14; Jeremiah
32:14). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed (Matthew 27:66). ...
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Clay-ground (2 Occurrences)
Clay-ground. Clay, Clay-ground. Clean . Multi-Version Concordance
Clay-ground (2 Occurrences). 1 Kings 7:46 In the plain ...
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Signet-clay (1 Occurrence)
Signet-clay. Signet, Signet-clay. Signet-rings . Multi-Version
Concordance Signet-clay (1 Occurrence). Job 38:14 It ...
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Tablets (31 Occurrences)
... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of
the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ...
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El-amarna
... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of
the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ...
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Elamarna
... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of
the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ...
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Tell (3056 Occurrences)
... Script 3. Extensive Diplomatic Correspondence of the Age 4. Unsolved Problem of
the Habiri LITERATURE A collection of about 350 inscribed clay tablets from ...
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Sawest (20 Occurrences)
... Daniel 2:34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote
the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. ...
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Miry (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Miry (6 Occurrences). Psalms 40:2 He brought
me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He ...
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Artemis (5 Occurrences)
... after the temple. More frequently the shrines were exceedingly crude objects,
either of silver or stone or wood or clay. They were ...
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