πηλός
pēlos
“clay”
Definition
clay
perhaps a primary word;
- βόρβορος, wet clay, mud
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
πηλός appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.”
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.