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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(drinking-vessel). Pots of various designs, sizes, and uses. Made of clay or metal (Lev. 6:28²⁸But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. (Leviticus 6:28); 1 Sam. 2:14¹⁴And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. (1 Samuel 2:14); 2 Kings 4:2²And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. (2 Kings 4:2); Jer. 35:5⁵And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. (Jeremiah 35:5); Ezek. 4:9⁹Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. (Ezekiel 4:9)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

4713 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

στάμνος

Transliteration:

stamnos

Phonic:

stam’-nos

Meaning:

from the base of 2476 (as stationary); a jar or earthen tank

KJV Usage:

pot