His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 2:33 · retained source text
His legs of yron, his feete part of yron, and part of clay.
KJV dictionary & concordance
clay
Meaning of “clay”
Earth or soil that can be moistened, shaped, trodden, formed, or hardened, especially by a potter or brickmaker.
Definition sources
KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
33 occurrences30 verses11 booksKJV PCE
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: 1 Kings 7:46
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Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 2:34 · retained source text
Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image vpon his feete that were of yron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
1611 marginal noteOr, which was not in hands. As verse 45.
Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 2:35 · retained source text
Then was the yron, the clay, the brasse, the siluer, and the golde broken to pieces together, and became like the chaffe of the summer threshing floores, and the wind caried them away, that no place was found for them: & the stone that smote the image became a great mountaine, and filled the whole earth.
And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Daniel 2:41 · retained source text
And whereas thou sawest the feete and toes, part of potters clay, and part of yron: the kingdome shalbe diuided, but there shalbe in it of the strength of the yron, forasmuch as thou sawest the yron mixt with myrie clay.
And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 2:42 · retained source text
And as the toes of the feete were part of yron, and part of clay; so the kingdome shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
1611 marginal noteOr, brittle.
And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 2:43 · retained source text
And whereas thou sawest yron mixt with myrie clay, they shall mingle themselues with the seede of men: but they shall not cleaue one to an other, euen as yron is not mixed with clay.
1611 marginal noteCald. this with this.
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Daniel 2:45 · retained source text
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountaine without hands, and that it brake in pieces the yron, the brasse, the clay, the siluer, and the gold: the great God hath made knowen to the King what shall come to passe hereafter, & the dreame is certaine, and the interpretation thereof sure.
1611 marginal noteOr, which was not in hand.
1611 marginal noteCald. after this.
Complete reference index — all 30 verses
1 Kings 7:462 Chronicles 4:17Job 4:19Job 10:9Job 13:12Job 27:16Job 33:6Job 38:14Psalms 40:2Isaiah 29:16Isaiah 41:25Isaiah 45:9Isaiah 64:8Jeremiah 18:4Jeremiah 18:6Jeremiah 43:9Daniel 2:33Daniel 2:34Daniel 2:35Daniel 2:41Daniel 2:42Daniel 2:43Daniel 2:45Nahum 3:14Habakkuk 2:6John 9:6John 9:11John 9:14John 9:15Romans 9:21
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Webster 1828
Open source edition ↗They contract by heat. […] Clays absorb water greedily, and become soft, but are so tenacious as to be molded into any shape, and hence they are the materials of bricks and various vessels, domestic and chimical.