Word Summary
pēlos: clay
Original Word: πηλόςTransliteration: pēlos
Phonetic Spelling: (pay-los')
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: clay
Meaning: clay
Strong's Concordance
clay.
Perhaps a primary word; clay -- clay.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4081: πηλόςπηλός,
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.