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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #4081 - πηλός

Transliteration

pēlós

Phonetics

pay-los'

Origin

perhaps a primary word

Parts of Speech

Noun Masculine

TDNT

6:118,838

Definition

Thayer's

clay, which potters uses
mud (wet clay)

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2563 ‑ חֹמֶר (kho'‑mer); 2916 ‑ טִיט (teet); 6083 ‑ עָפָר (aw‑fawr');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (6)

John

Romans

NAS (6)

John

Romans

HCS (6)

John

Romans

BSB (6)

John

Romans

ESV (4)

John

WEB (5)

John

Romans

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πηλός

( Dor. πᾱλός Sophr. 32, Cerc. 3.3, IG 5(1).1447.16 (Messene, iii/ii B. C. )), ὁ, Syrac. ἡ Phryn. 38: —

clay, earth, used by masons and potters, Hdt. 2.36, 136, Ar. Av. 1143, Th. 2.76, Pl. Tht. 147a, Plb. 15.35.2; πηλὸν ὀργάζειν Eup. 248, S. Fr. 482, cf. 510, 787, Ar. Av. 839; π. ἠχυρωμένος clay mixed with chaff for use as mortar, IG 22.463.42, cf. 5(1)l.c., LXX Genesis 11:3; εὐώδεϊ πηλῷ, of earth on which wine has been poured, Tryph. 349; Βρομιώδεα π. φύρησαν . . Χάριτες, of a drinkingcup, AP 11.27 ( Maced. ): metaph., clay from which man was made: hence ὁ π. ὁ Προμηθεῖος, of man, Call. Fr. 87, cf. 133, Ar. Av. 686; ἐκ ποίου πηλοῦ πεφύρητ' εἰδότα Herod. 2.29 .

2. mud, mire, Hdt. 2.5, 4.28, Ar. V. 248, Th. 2.4, Pl. R. 363d, etc.: prov., ἔξω κομίζειν πηλοῦ πόδα A. Ch. 697; κάσις πηλοῦ ξύνουρος, i. e. dust, Id. Ag. 495: metaph., ἀνέρες ὧν τὸ κέαρ παλῶ σέσακται Cerc. l.c.

II Poet., thick or muddy wine, lees, S. Fr. 783; of wine spilt on the floor, Plu. 2.463a, Charito 1.3; cf. Πηλεύς fin.

III metaph., dolt, blockhead, Com. Adesp. 890 .

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πηλός , οῦ , ἁ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H2563, H2916]

1. clay, as used by a potter: Romans 9:21 (cf. Isaiah 29:16, al.).

2. - βόρβορος , wet clay, mud: John 9:6; John 9:11; John 9:14-15 †

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πολυμερῶς (= πολυσχέδως, Hesych.) denotes ";in many portions"; as distinguished from πολυτρόπως, ";in many manners"; (Hebrews 1:1). For the adj., as in Sap 7:22, cf. P Leid Wvii. 41 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 105) where the god Fire is described as ἀόρατον καὶ πολυμερῆ. Both adj. and adv. are common in Vett. Val., e.g. p. 257.19 ἐπεὶ οὖν τὸ συνεκτικώτατον κεφάλαιόν ἐστι τὸ περὶ χρόνων ζωῆς, πολυμερῶς [τε ] οὕτως ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν συντέτακται.

List of Word Forms

πηλον πηλόν πηλὸν πηλός πηλου πηλού πηλοῦ πηλώ pelon pelòn pēlon pēlòn pelou peloû pēlou pēloû

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