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Lexicon :: Strong's G4081 - pēlos

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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 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:6 - When He had said this, He spat on the ground, made clay G4081 of the saliva, and rubbed the clay G4081 on his eyes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:11 - He answered, “The man who is called Jesus made clay G4081, and rubbed my eyes, and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash’; so when I went away and washed, I received sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:14 - Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay G4081 and opened his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:15 - So the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, “He applied clay G4081 to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:21 - Or does not the potter have authority over the clay G4081, to make from the same lump one vessel [fn]for honorable use and another [fn]for dishonorable use?
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