Caldron

Caldron. A vessel for boiling flesh, for either ceremonial or domestic use. 1Sa 2:14; 2Ch 35:13; Job 41:20; Mic 3:3.

A vessel for boiling flesh (2Ch 35:13).

prop. a large cooking vessel, is the rendering in certain passages of the Auth. Vers. for the following words:

1. אִגְמוֹן, agmon` (Job 41:20 [12]), a heated kettle, others a burning reed (“rush” else-where);

2. דּוּד, dud (2Ch 35:13; “pot,” Job 41:20 [12]; Psa 81:6; “kettle,” 1Sa 2:14), a large boiler (also a “basket”);

3. סַיר, sir (Jer 52:18-19; Eze 11:3; Eze 11:7; Eze 11:11, elsewhere “pot”), the most general term for a kettle or basin (also a “thorn”);

4. קִלִּחִת, kallach’ath (1Sa 2:14; Mic 3:3), a pan or pot (so called from pouring) ;

5. λέβης (2Ma 7:3), a kettle, in this case a large caldron for torture. Metallic vessels of this description have been obtained from the ruins of Egypt, and still more lately two copper caldrons were discovered by Mr. Layard among the excavations at Nimroud (Nin!, and Bab. p. 149 sq.), about 21 feet in diameter, and 3 feet deep, resting upon a stand of brick work, with their mouths closed by large tiles, and containing a variety of smaller bronze objects. SEE POT.

Vessel for boiling flesh. 2Ch 35:13; Job 41:20; Eze 11:3-11; Mic 3:3; etc.

CALDRON.—See House, § 9.

Emblem in art associated with Saint John the Evangelist, because of the legend that, under Domitian, he was thrown into a caldron of boiling oil, but miraculously preserved.

kôl´drun (the rendering of קלּחת, ḳallaḥath, סיר, ṣı̄r, דּוּד, dūdh אגמן, ’aghmōn) : Ḳallaḥath is found only in 1Sa 2:14; Mic 3:3. It is a pot for cooking, of undefined size and characteristics, in the former passage for sanctuary use, in the latter for domestic. Ṣı̄r is translated caldron in Jer 1:13 (Revised Versions); Jer 52:18 f (the King James Version); Eze 11:3, Eze 11:7, Eze 11:11. It was distinctly a large pot, employed both for domestic use and in the sanctuary. Dūdh is translated caldron only in 2Ch 35:13. It was also a pot for cooking. ’Aghmōn is translated caldron by the King James Version in Job 41:20, but it is a mistranslation; the Revised Version (British and American) correctly has “rushes.”

Eze 11:3-7 (a) This is a type of Jerusalem. As broth boils in the kettle, so the inhabitants of Jerusalem were to suffer under the fire of cruel invaders.

Mic 3:3 (a) This caldron is a picture of the terrible boiling, burning troubles that were to come upon the people because of the wrath of GOD. They were as helpless to get out of their trouble as the contents of the kettle were unable to get out of it.