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Lexicon :: Strong's G4081 - pēlos

Aa
πηλός
Transliteration
pēlos (Key)
Pronunciation
pay-los'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:118,838

Strong’s Definitions

πηλός pēlós, pay-los'; perhaps a primary word; clay:—clay.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4081 in the following manner: clay (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4081 in the following manner: clay (6x).

  1. clay, which potters uses

  2. mud (wet clay)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πηλός pēlós, pay-los'; perhaps a primary word; clay:—clay.
STRONGS G4081:
πηλός, πηλοῦ, ὁ, from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;
a. clay, which the potter uses (Isaiah 29:16; Isaiah 41:25; Nahum 3:14): Romans 9:21.
b. equivalent to mud (wet 'clay'): John 9:6, 11, 14f.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
29:16; 41:25
Nahum
3:14
John
9:6; 9:11; 9:14
Romans
9:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4081 matches the Greek πηλός (pēlos),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - And they said one to another, Come, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 -
Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth,
I did crush them as the mire of the streets, and did spread them abroad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 -
How much more them that dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:9 -
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay;
And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:16 -
Though he heap up silver as the dust,
And prepare raiment as the clay;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 -
He hath cast me into the mire,
And I am become like dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 -
Behold, I am toward God even as thou art:
I also am formed out of the clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 -
It is changed as clay under the seal;
And all things stand forth as a garment:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 -
His underparts are like sharp potsherds:
He spreadeth as it were a threshing-wain upon the mire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 -
Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind;
I did cast them out as the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 -
He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay;
And he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 -
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:23 - I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - Ye turn things upside down! Shall the potter be esteemed as clay; that the thing made should say of him that made it, He made me not; or the thing formed say of him that formed it, He hath no understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! a potsherd among the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter’s hand, so are ye in my hand, O house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 - Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw thee water for the siege; strengthen thy fortresses; go into the clay, and tread the mortar; make strong the brickkiln.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - And Tyre did build herself a stronghold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:5 - And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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