Quick Definition
clay, mud
Strong's Definition
clay
Derivation: perhaps a primary word;
KJV Usage: clay
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πηλός, πηλοῦ, ὁ, from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
a. clay, which the potter uses (Isa_29:16; Isa_41:25; Nah_3:14): Rom_9:21.
b. equivalent to mud (wet 'clay'): Joh_9:6; Joh_9:11; Joh_9:14 f.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πηλός pēlos 6x
moist earth, mud, slime, Joh_9:6 ; Joh_9:11 ; Joh_9:14-15 ;
clay, potter s clay, Rom_9:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πηλός , οῦ , ἁ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H2563 , H2916 ]
1. clay , as used by a potter: Rom_9:21 ( cf. Isa_29:16 , al. ).
2. - βόρβορος , wet clay, mud: Joh_9:6 ; Joh_9:11 ; Joh_9:14-15 †
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πηλός [page 511]
mud, clay : cf. P Oxy XII. 1450 .4 (A.D. 249 250) τῶν ὀστράκων διὰ πηλου̣̑ , and the magic P Lond 121 .867 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 112) λαβὼν πηλὸν ἀπὸ τρόχου [κε ]ραμικοῦ μῖξον μίγηατος τοῦ θεοῦ . . From the inscrr. see the law of astynomy carved at Pergamum in the time of Trajan, OGIS 483 .61 ἐάν τινες ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς χοῦν ὀρύσσωιν ἢ λίθους ἢ πηλὸν ποιῶσιν , also Kaibel 646 .11 f. (iii/iv A.D.), a sepulchral inscr. deprecating the giving of honours after death
ζῶντί μοι , εἴ τι ἔχεις , μεταδός , τέφραν δὲ μεθύσκων
πηλὸν ποιήσεις καὶ οὐκ ὁ θανὼν πίεται ,
and cf. Herodas II. 28 ff.
ὃ χρῆν ἑαυτὸν ὅστις ἐστὶ κἀκ ποίου
πηλοῦ πεφύρητ᾽ εἰδότ᾽ ὡς ἐγὼ ζώειν
τῶν δημοτέων φρίσσοντα καὶ τὸν ἥκιστον ,
who ought to know who he is, and of what clay he is mixed, and to live as I do, in awe of even the least of the burghers (Knox).
A subst. πηλοποιία is found in P Petr II. 12 (4) (B.C. 241), and an adj. πήλινος in ib. III. 48 .9 (iii/B.C.) τῶ ]ν πηλίνων ργων καὶ τῶν πλινθίνων : cf. Luckhard Privathatus p. 26 ff. See also CR xxxiii. p. 2, where W. M. Ramsay publishes a iv/A.D. inscr., in which the head of a noble Anatolian family is described as τὸν [π̣ήλ̣]ιν̣ο [ν χ̣]ιτῶνα ἐνταυθοῖ περιδυσάμενον , putting off the mantle of clay (to consign it) to this place.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πηλός πηλός, οῦ, ὁ, "clay, earth", such as was used by the potter and modeller, Lat. lutum, Hdt. , attic sometimes for βόρβορος or ἰλύς, "mud, mire", as "lutum" for "coenum", Hdt. , Ar. , etc.; proverb., ἔξω κομίζειν πηλοῦ πόδα, i. e. to keep out of difficulties, Aesch. ; κάσις πηλοῦ ξύνουρος, cf. σύνορος.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πηλός, οῦ, ἁ
[in LXX chiefly for חֹמֶר, טִיט ]
__1. clay, as used by a potter: Rom.9:21 (cf. Isa.29:16, al.).
__2. - βόρβορος, wet clay, mud: Jhn.9:6, 11 9:14-15 †
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