Dict: easton - Clay

Clay @ This word is used of sediment found in pits or in streets kjv@Isaiah:57:20; kjv@Jeremiah:38:60), of dust mixed with spittle kjv@John:9:6), and of potter's clay kjv@Isaiah:41:25; kjv@Nahum:3:14; kjv@Jeremiah:18:1-6; kjv@Romans:9:21). Clay was used for sealing kjv@Job:38:14; kjv@Jeremiah:32:14). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed kjv@Matthew:27:66). The practice of sealing doors with clay is still common in the East. Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar kjv@Genesis:11:3). The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple were cast (kjvKings:7:46; kjv@2Chronicals:4:17) was a compact loam fitted for the purpose. The expression literally rendered is, "in the thickness of the ground,", meaning, "in stiff ground" or in clay.