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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 - They began saying to each other, “Let’s make bricks and harden them with fire.” (In this region bricks were used instead of stone, and tar was used for mortar.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - They made their lives bitter, forcing them to mix mortar and make bricks and do all the work in the fields. They were ruthless in all their demands.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 22:43

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:43 - I ground them as fine as the dust of the earth;
I trampled them[fn] in the gutter like dirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:19 - how much less will he trust people made of clay!
They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:9 - Remember that you made me from dust—
will you turn me back to dust so soon?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:16 - “Evil people may have piles of money
and may store away mounds of clothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:19 - He has thrown me into the mud.
I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:6 - Look, you and I both belong to God.
I, too, was formed from clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:14 - As the light approaches,
the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal;
it is robed in brilliant colors.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:30 - Its belly is covered with scales as sharp as glass.
It plows up the ground as it drags through the mud.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:42

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:42 - I ground them as fine as dust in the wind.
I swept them into the gutter like dirt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:2 - He lifted me out of the pit of despair,
out of the mud and the mire.
He set my feet on solid ground
and steadied me as I walked along.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:14 - Rescue me from the mud;
don’t let me sink any deeper!
Save me from those who hate me,
and pull me from these deep waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:23 - “I will make Babylon a desolate place of owls,
filled with swamps and marshes.
I will sweep the land with the broom of destruction.
I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, have spoken!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:16 - How foolish can you be?
He is the Potter, and he is certainly greater than you, the clay!
Should the created thing say of the one who made it,
“He didn’t make me”?
Does a jar ever say,
“The potter who made me is stupid”?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - “But I have stirred up a leader who will come from the north.
I have called him by name from the east.
I will give him victory over kings and princes.
He will trample them as a potter treads on clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - “What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator.
Does a clay pot argue with its maker?
Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying,
‘Stop, you’re doing it wrong!’
Does the pot exclaim,
‘How clumsy can you be?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 64:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:8 - And yet, O LORD, you are our Father.
We are the clay, and you are the potter.
We all are formed by your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:6 - “O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:10 - Then my enemies will see that the LORD is on my side.
They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying,
“So where is the LORD—
that God of yours?”
With my own eyes I will see their downfall;
they will be trampled like mud in the streets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:14 - Get ready for the siege!
Store up water!
Strengthen the defenses!
Go into the pits to trample clay,
and pack it into molds,
making bricks to repair the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 9:3 - Tyre has built a strong fortress
and has made silver and gold
as plentiful as dust in the streets!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:5 - They will be like mighty warriors in battle,
trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet.
Since the LORD is with them as they fight,
they will overthrow even the enemy’s horsemen.
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