GREEK · G7720
ἰλύς
ilus — slime
mud, slime, dirt , (Iliad by Homer) Gen. ἰλυ_ος (Homer), ἰλῦος [variant datesAnthology Palantina (ML)
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Slime
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2564
חֵמָר
che.mar — bitumen
slime, pitch, asphalt, bitumen
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7388
רִיר
rir — spittle
slime juice or liquid, spittle
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H2566
חַמְרָן
cham.ran — Hemdan
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.26; son of: Dishon (H1787); brother of: Eshban (H0790), Ithran (H3506) and Cheran (H3763) Another spelling of chem.dan (חֶמְדָּן "Hemdan" H2533) § Amram = "the people is exalted" or "their slime" the son of Dishon, a descendant of Esau
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(Gen. 11:3; LXX., “asphalt;” R.V. marg., “bitumen”). The vale of Siddim was full of slime pits (14:10). Jochebed daubed the “ark of bulrushes” with slime (Ex. 2:3). (See PITCH.)
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.