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Strong's #2764 - κεραμικός
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- of or belonging to a potter
- made of clay, earthen
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κερᾰμ-ῐκός, ή, όν,
of or for pottery, γῆ κ. potter's earth, Hp. Int. 7, cf. Sannyr. 4; κ. ῥύμη, = Κεραμεικός, Ar. Ecclesiastes 4:1-16; κ. κέραμος IG 42(1).102.281 (Epid., iv B.C.); ὁ κ. τροχός Str. 7.3.9; κ. μάστιξ, Com.Phrase for ostracism, Com.Adesp. 33; ἐργαστήριον PFlor. 50.68 (iii A.D.); ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the potter's art, pottery, Pl. Plt. 288a; v. κεραμεικός.
κεραμικός, κεραμικη, κεραμικον (κέραμος);
1. in classical Greek of or belonging to a potter: hence, κεραμικη γῆ, such as a potter uses, Hippocrates; τέχνη, Plato, polit., p. 288 a.
2. in the Bible made of clay, earthen: Revelation 2:27 (Daniel 2:41), for which the Greeks use κεραμεοῦς, κεραμεα, κεραμεουν, and κεραμιος (others κεραμειος), cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 147; (Winer's Grammar, 99 (94)).
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κεραμικός , -ή , -όν
(<κέραμος ),
[in LXX: Da LXX Daniel 2:41 (H6353)*;]
1. (cl.) of a potter (e.g. γῆ ).
2. In LXX and NT, = cl., κεραμεοῦς (Plut., κεράμειος , Polyb., -μαῖος , etc), earthen: Revelation 2:27.†
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