Clay
πηλόςStrong’s G4081pēlos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pēlos is the Greek word usually translated “clay”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,”
Meaning
Usually translated “clay”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- clay 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 4
- Romans 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 9:11He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
- John 9:14And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.
- John 9:15Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.
- Romans 9:21Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
Greek dictionary
πηλός pēlos · clay
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 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “clay” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CLAY, noun
- The name of certain substances which are mixtures of silex and alumin, sometimes with lime, magnesia, alkali and metallic oxyds.
- In poetry and in scripture, earth in general.
- In scripture, clay is used to express frailty, liableness to decay and destruction.“They that dwell in houses of clay” Job 4:19
All definitions and other forms of “clay”
CLAY, verb transitive
- To cover or manure with clay
- To purify and whiten with clay as sugar.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.