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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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Job 4:19
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 4:19 · retained source text

Howe much lesse on them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth.

1611 marginal note2.Cor. 5.1.

Job 10:9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 10:9 · retained source text

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into dust againe?

Job 13:12
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 13:12 · retained source text

Your remembrances are like vnto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

Job 27:16
Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 27:16 · retained source text

Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay:

Job 33:6
Behold, I am according to thy wish in God’s stead: I also am formed out of the clay.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 33:6 · retained source text

Behold, I am according to thy wish in Gods stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

1611 marginal noteHeb. according to thy mouth.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cut out of the clay.

1611 marginal noteCha. 9.35. and 23.20.

Job 38:14
It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 38:14 · retained source text

It is turned as clay to the seale, and they stand as a garment.

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Historical definitions

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.

volume 1, leaf 403, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 192)