noun · masculine
keramevos
Greekκεραμεύς (kerameus)
Strong’sG2763
a potter
stem keramev-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κεραμεύς, -εως, ὁ
(< κεράννυμι), [in LXX for יצר, Ps 2:9, Je 18:2, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2763 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidker-am-yooce'
a potter
Fromfrom G2766;
King Jamespotter.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | keramevos1×κεραμεὺς | keramevois |
| object accusative | keramevon | keramevoin |
| direct address vocative | keramevor | keramevoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | keramevou2×Κεραμέως | keramevoiu |
| to, for dative | keramevo | keramevoi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
keramevo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
keramevos“potter”subjectnominative singular1×
Romans 9:21“potter”ē ouk echatō exousian tos keramevos tou pēlou ek teu auteu furameu poiara hem men eis timan skeuem hem de eis atimian?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?
keramevou“potter’s”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Matthew 27:7“potter’s”sumbouliem de lambaratois agorazala ek auteiu ton Agron tou Keramevou eis tafan toi xenoi.After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
Matthew 27:10“potter’s”kai dōala auteim eis ton agron tou keramevou, katha suntassata mi kurios.and they gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord had commanded me.”