GREEK · G5473
χαλκίον
chalkion — kettle
χαλκίον, -ου, τό (χαλκός), [in LXX: Job.41:22(23) (סִיר), etc. ;] a brazen (copper) vessel: Mrk.7:4.† (AS)
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Kettle
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1731
דּוּד
dud — pot
1) pot, jar, basket, kettle 1a) pot, kettle 1b) basket, jar
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7037
קַלַּ֫חַת
qal.la.chat — caldron
caldron, pot, kettle
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5178
τυμπανίζω
tumpanizō — to torture
τυμπανίζω (τύμπανον, a kettle-drum), [in LXX: 1Ki.21:13 (14) (17 pi?) * ;] 1. to beat a drum. 2. to torture by beating, beat to death (cf. Westc. on He, l.with): pass., Heb.11:35.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8172
λέβης
lebēs — a kettle
1. a kettle or caldron of copper, (Homer), etc. 2. a basin in which the purifying water χέρνιψ); was handed to the guests before meals, (Odyssey by Homer); also a pan for washing the feet, (Odyssey by Homer): a bath , (Aeschulus Tragicus) 3. a cymbal , (Herdotus Historicus) 4. a cinerary urn , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;generally, a casket , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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τύμπανον
tumpanon — a tambourine
1. a kettledrum , such as was used especially in the worship of Cybele, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. a drum-stick : generally, a staff, cudgel , (Aristophanes Comicus) 3. in Virgil tympana are wheels of solid wood. (ML)
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A large pot for cooking. The same Hebrew word (dud, “boiling”) is rendered also “pot” (Ps. 81:6), “caldron” (2 Chr. 35:13), “basket” (Jer. 24:2). It was used for preparing the peace-offerings (1 Sam. 2:13, 14).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.