noun · masculine
pēlos
Greekπηλός (pēlos)
Strong’sG4081
clay, mud
stem pēl-6 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πηλός, οῦ, ὁ,
[in LXX chiefly for חֹמֶר, טִיט;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4081 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpay-los'
clay
Fromperhaps a primary word;
King Jamesclay.
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 | pēlos | pēlois |
| object accusative | pēlon5×πηλὸν | pēloin |
| direct address vocative | pēlor | pēloir |
| of, belonging to genitive | pēlou1×πηλοῦ | pēloiu |
| to, for dative | pēlo | pēloi |
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
pēlo 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
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
pēlon“mud”objectaccusative singular5×
John 9:6“mud”houteim legaratos ptuata chamai kai poiata pēlon ek teu ptusmeu, kai epichriata autou ton pēlon epi toin ofthalmoin,When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
John 9:6“clay”houteim legaratos ptuata chamai kai poiata pēlon ek teu ptusmeu, kai epichriata autou ton pēlon epi toin ofthalmoin,When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
John 9:11“mud”apokrinita ekeinos; Tos anthrōpos tos legirōtos Iēsus pēlon poiata kai epichriata mu toin ofthalmoin kai legata mi hoti Hupagasōr eis ton Silōam kai niptesar; apercharatos oun kai nipteratos anablepama.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.”
John 9:14“mud”ate de sabbatem en ha hēmera ton pēlon poiata tos Iēsus kai anoigata autou toin ofthalmoin.Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.
John 9:15“mud”palin oun erōtale auton kai tois Farisaiois pōs anablepata. tos de legata autoi; Pēlon epitithata mu epi toin ofthalmoin, kai niptema, kai blepamō.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.”
pēlou“clay”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 9:21“clay”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?