Dict: smith - PITCH

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PITCH - P>@ - The three Hebrew words so translated all represent the same object, viz., mineral pitch or asphalt in its different aspects. Asphalt is an opaque, inflammable substance which bubbles up from subterranean fountains in a liquid state, and hardens by exposure to the air, but readily melts under the influence of heat. In the latter state it is very tenacious, and was used as a cement in lieu of mortar in Babylonia ( kjv@Genesis:11:3) as well as for coating the outside of vessels, kjv@Genesis:6:14) and particularly for making the papyrus boats of the Egyptians water-tight. kjv@Exodus:2:3) The jews and Arabians got their supply in large quantities from the Dead Sea, which hence received its classical name of Lacus Asphaltites .

PITCHER - P>@ - This word is used in the Authorized Version to denote the earthen water-jars or pitchers with one or two handles, used chiefly by women for carrying water, as in the story of Rebekah. kjv@Genesis:24:15-20) but see kjv@Mark:14:13; kjv@Luke:22:10 This mode of carrying has been and still is customary the East and elsewhere. The vessels used for the purpose are generally borne on the head or the shoulder. The Bedouin women commonly use skin bottles. Such was the "bottle" carried by Hagar kjv@Genesis:21:14) The same word is used of the pitchers employed by Gideon’s three hundred men. kjv@Judges:7:16)