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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
Dictionary Aids

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 Box Gen 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:3 - Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:14

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 - Then I beat them as fine as the dust of the earth;
I trod them like dirt in the streets,
And I spread them out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before a moth?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:9 - Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:16 - Though he heaps up silver like dust,
And piles up clothing like clay—

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:19

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Truly I am as your spokesman[fn] before God;
I also have been formed out of clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 - It takes on form like clay under a seal,
And stands out like a garment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 - His undersides are like sharp potsherds;
He spreads pointed marks in the mire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 - Then I beat them as fine as the dust before the wind;
I cast them out like dirt in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Deliver me out of the mire,
And let me not sink;
Let me be delivered from those who hate me,
And out of the deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:23 - “I will also make it a possession for the porcupine,
And marshes of muddy water;
I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the thing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - “I have raised up one from the north,
And he shall come;
From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name;
And he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - “Woe to him who strives with his Maker!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - But now, O LORD,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the LORD. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 - Then she who is my enemy will see,
And shame will cover her who said to me,
“Where is the LORD your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Draw your water for the siege!
Fortify your strongholds!
Go into the clay and tread the mortar!
Make strong the brick kiln!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - For Tyre built herself a tower,
Heaped up silver like the dust,
And gold like the mire of the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:5 - They shall be like mighty men,
Who tread down their enemies
In the mire of the streets in the battle.
They shall fight because the LORD is with them,
And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
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