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G2763 κεραμεύς (kerameús)
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Quick Definition

κεραμεύς, έως, ὁ n.m. a potter

Strong's Definition

from 2766; a potter

KJV Usage: potter

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, m. | -έως | κεραμικός · κεράμιον · κέραμος

6.129 · Artifacts · Containers

potter (derivative of κεράμιον ‘earthenware vessel,’ 6.128) one who makes earthenware vessels

MAT 27:7 · MAT 27:10 · ROM 9:21

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κεραμεύς, -€ws, ὁ, (κεράννυμι), a potter: Mt. xxvii. 7,10; Ro. ix. 31. (Hom., Hes., Arstph., Plat., Plut., al.; Sept. several times for 77°.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κεραμεύς kerameus 3x

a potter, Mt. 27:7, 10; Rom. 9:21*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κεραμεύς, -εως, ὁ

(< κεράννυμι), [in LXX for יצר, Ps 2:9, Je 18:2, al.;]

a potter: Ro 9:21; ὁ ἀγρὸς τοῦ κ., Mt 27:7, 10(LXX).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κεραμεύς is found passim in the papyri, e.g. P Tebt I. 120! (accounts —B.C. 97 or 64) τῶι κεραμῖ εἰς τι(ίμὴν) πίσσης (‘‘ pitch”) ἀργυ(ρίου) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ, τό. 11. 414 verso (ii/A.D.) ἀπό[δο]ς Θεναπύνχι τῇ γυναικὶ τοῦ κεραμέως, and P Oxy XII. 1497° (c. A.D. 279) ὑπὸ Θέωνος κεραμέως. In P Lond 113. 8()3 (vii/A.D.) (=I. p. 220) we hear of κεραμουργοί.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κεραμεύς (kerameus) — potter. κερᾰμ-εύς, έως, ὁ, potter, ὡς ὅτε τις τροχὸν.. κεραμεὺς πειρήσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ κ., a guild at Thyatira, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεραμέως πλοῦτος and κεραμεὺς ἅνθρωπος, proverbial, of anything frail and uncertain, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II. Κεραμεῖς, Attic dialect Κεραμῆς, οἱ, name of an Attic deme, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

κεραμεύς (kerameus) — Potter (Field). κερᾰμ-εύς, έως, ὁ, potter, ὡς ὅτε τις τροχὸν.. κεραμεὺς πειρήσεται [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οἱ κ., a guild at Thyatira, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κεραμέως πλοῦτος and κεραμεὺς ἅνθρωπος, proverbial, of anything frail and uncertain, [Refs 4th c.AD+]

II. Κεραμεῖς, Attic dialect Κεραμῆς, οἱ, name of an Attic deme, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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