Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(pot). A bottle, flask, or jug for holding liquids (1 Sam. 26:11; 1 Kings 17:12; 19:6).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
1. baqbuq, a bottle (1 Kings 14:3).
2. tselochith, dish or pan (2 Kings 20).
3. tsappachath, flask for water and other fluids (1 Sam. 26:11,12,16; 1 Kings 17:12,14,16; 1 Kings 19:6).
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
2 Kings 2:20. He said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
Tselochith, here translated “cruse,” is rendered “dish” in 2 Kings 21:13, “pan,” in 2 Chronicles 35:13, and “bosom” in Proverbs 19:24; 26:15. It is supposed to have been a flat metal dish.
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