Dict: smith - POT

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POT - P>@ - The term "pot" is applicable to so many sorts of vessels that it can scarcely be restricted to any one in particular. Asuc ( kjv@2Kings:4:2) the earthen jar, deep and narrow, without handles, probably like the Roman and Egyptian amphora, inserted in a stand of wood or stone. Cheres , an earthen vessel for stewing or seething. kjv@Leviticus:6:28; kjv@Ezekiel:4:9) Dud , a vessel for culinary purposes, perhaps of smaller size. ( kjv@1Samuel:2:14) The "pots" set before the Rachabites, kjv@Jeremiah:35:5) were probably bulging jars or bowls. The water-pots of Cana appear to have been large amphorae, such as are in use at the present day in Syria. These were of stone or hard earthenware. The water-pot of the Samaritan woman may have been a leathern bucket, such as Bedouin women use.

POTIPHAR - P>@ - an Egyptian name, also written Potipherah, signifies belonging to the sun . Potiphar. with whom the history of Joseph is connected is described as an officer of Pharaoh chief of the executioners, an Egyptian." kjv@Genesis:39:1) comp. kjv@Genesis:37:36 (B.C. 1728.) He appears to have been a wealthy man. kjv@Genesis:39:4-6) The view we have of Potiphar’s household is exactly in accordance with the representations on the monuments. When Joseph was accused, his master contented himself with casting him into prison. kjv@Genesis:39:19-20) After this we hear no more of Potiphar. JOSEPH

POTIPHERAH, OR POTIPHERAH - P>@ - was priest or prince of On, and his daughter Asenath was given Joseph to wife by Pharaoh. kjv@Genesis:41:45 kjv@Genesis:41:50 kjv@Genesis:46:20) (B.C. 1715.)

POTSHERD - P>@ - also in Authorized Version "sherd," a broken piece of earthenware. kjv@Proverbs:26:23)

POTTAGE - P>@ - LENTILS

POTTERS FIELD, THE - P>@ - a piece of ground which, according to the statement of St. Matthew, kjv@Matthew:27:7) was purchased by the Priests with the thirty pieces of silver rejected by Judas, and converted into a burial-place for Jews not belonging to the city. ACELDAMA

POTTERY - P>@ - The art of pottery is one of the most common and most ancient of all manufactures. It is abundantly evident, both that the Hebrews used earthenware vessels in the wilderness and that the potter’s trade was afterward carried on in Palestine. They had themselves been concerned in the potter’s trade in Egypt, kjv@Psalms:81:6) and the wall-paintings minutely illustrate the Egyptian process. The clay, when dug, was trodden by men’s feet so as to form a paste, kjv@Isaiah:41:25) Wisd. 15:7; then placed by the potter on the wheel beside which he sat, and shaped by him with his hands. How early the wheel came into use in Palestine is not known, but it seems likely that it was adopted from Egypt. kjv@Isaiah:45:9; kjv@Jeremiah:15:3) The vessel was then smoothed and coated with a glaze, and finally burnt in a furnace. There was at Jerusalem a royal establishment of potters, ( kjv@1Chronicles:4:23) from whose employment, and from the fragments cast away in the process, the Potter’s Field perhaps received its name. kjv@Isaiah:30:11)