Strong's Greek · G4081
πηλός
pēlós
clay
Definition
clay
Derivation
perhaps a primary word;
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“Now the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.”
“Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?”
“When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.”
“He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.””
“So the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. The man answered, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I can see.””
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).