Word Study · Strong's G4081 · Greek
πηλός
pelos
pay-los'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pēlós
“clay”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
clay
Rendered in the KJV as
clay.
- 6occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- πηλὸν5
- πηλοῦ1
How it is rendered · 2
- clay5
- Clay1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular5
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-ASM · 5
- N-GSM · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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John5 occurrences
- John 9:6πηλὸνpēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularWhen Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.here: clay
- John 9:6πηλὸνpēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularWhen Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.here: clay
- John 9:11πηλὸνpēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularHe 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.”here: clay
- John 9:14πηλὸνpēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularNow the day on which Jesus had made the mud and opened his eyes was a Sabbath.here: clay
- John 9:15πηλὸνpēlonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singularSo 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.”here: Clay