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potter

Meaning of “potter”

One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
10 occurrences8 verses6 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Isaiah 41:25

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “potter”

KJV PCE
Isaiah 41:25
I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:25 · retained source text

I haue raised vp one from the North, and he shall come: from the rising of the Sunne shall he call vpon my name, and he shall come vpon princes as vpon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

Isaiah 64:8
But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 64:8 · retained source text

But now, O LORD, thou art our father: we are the clay, and thou our potter, and we all are the worke of thine hand.

Jeremiah 18:4
And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:4 · retained source text

And the vessell that he made of clay, was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it againe another vessell as seemed good to the potter to make it.

1611 marginal noteOr, that he made, was marred as clay in the hand of the potter.

1611 marginal noteHebr. returned and made.

Jeremiah 18:6
O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 18:6 · retained source text

O house of Israel, cannot I doe with you as this potter, saith the LORD? Behold, as the clay is in the potters hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

1611 marginal noteIsa.45.9. rom.9.10. wisd.15.7.

Lamentations 4:2
The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:2 · retained source text

The precious sonnes of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the worke of the hands of the potter!

Zechariah 11:13
And the Lord said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 11:13 · retained source text

And the LORD said vnto mee, Cast it vnto the potter: a goodly price, that I was prised at of them. And I tooke the thirtie pieces of siluer, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteMatth.27.9.

Romans 9:21
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 9:21 · retained source text

Hath not the potter power ouer the clay, of the same lumpe, to make one vessell vnto honour, and another vnto dishonour?

1611 marginal noteIere. 18.6. wisd. 15.7.

Revelation 2:27
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Revelation 2:27 · retained source text

(And he shall rule them with a rod of yron: as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shiuers:) euen as I receiued of my Father.

1611 marginal notePsal. 2.9.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 2, leaf 334