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Clay in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Tough plastic earth, containing silica and alumina. Used for making pottery in Israel (Jeremiah 18:2; Jeremiah 18:6). Vessels of dark blue clay are still made at Gaza. Used by Jesus in curing the blind man (John 9:6), a mixture of dust and spittle. Doors are sealed with clay in the East, to facilitate detection of thieves. Wine jars were so se...

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Clay Scripture - Jeremiah 18:4

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make [it]....

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Clay in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kla (chomer, chacaph, TiT, meleT, `abhi, ma`abheh, abhTiT; pelos, "wet clay," "mud"): True clay, which is a highly aluminous soil, is found in certain localities in Israel,and is used in making pottery. The Hebrew and Greek words, as well as the English "clay," are, however, used loosely for any sticky mud. In making mud bricks, true clay is n...

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Clay in Naves Topical Bible

Man formed from Job 33:6 -Seals made of Job 38:14 -Used by potter Isa 29:16; 41:25; 45:9 -Blind man's eyes anointed with Joh 9:6 -FIGURATIVE Job 4:19; Ps 40:2; Isa 45:9; 64:8; Jer 18:6; Ro 9:21 -SYMBOLICAL Da 2:33-41...

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Clay in Smiths Bible Dictionary

As the sediment of water remaining in pits or in streets, the word is used frequently in the Old Testament. Ps 18:42; Isa 57:20; Jer 38:6 and in the New Testament, Joh 9:6 a mixture of sand or dust with spittle. It is also found in the sense of potter's clay. Isa 41:25 The great seat of the pottery of the present day in Israel is Gaza, where a...

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Ostraca

In ancient times when parchment was so expensive to possess, peasants would use fragments of pottery on which to scratch memoranda of business transactions. Many of these have been uncovered by archaeologists, and have proven to be of great value in revealing past history. They are called "ostraca." [Manners And Customs of Bible Lands]...

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Preparing the Clay

Preparation of the clay for the potter. It was trodden by the feet in order that it might become of the right consistency. The prophet Isaiah speaks of this action when he says: "He shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay" (Isaiah 41:25). [Manners And Customs of Bible Lands]...

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