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Clay was used for sealing (Job 38:14; Jer. 32:14). Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed (Matt. 27:66). The practice of sealing doors with clay is still common in the East. Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar (Gen. 11:3). The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple were cast (1 Kings 7:46; 2 Chr. 4:17) was a compact loam fitted for the purpose. The expression literally rendered is, "in the thickness of the ground,", meaning, "in stiff ground" or in clay. http://www.bible-history.com/eastons/C/Clay/ Clay in Fausset's Bible Dictionary Tough plastic earth, containing silica and alumina. Used for making pottery in Israel (Jeremiah 18:2; Jeremiah 18:6). Vessels of dark blue clay are still made at Gaza. Used by Jesus in curing the blind man (John 9:6), a mixture of dust and spittle. Doors are sealed with clay in the East, to facilitate detection of thieves. Wine jars were so sealed. It may have been with clay our Lord's tomb, and the earthen vessel with the proofs of Jeremiah's purchase, were sealed (Matthew 27:66; Jeremiah 32:14). At Koyunjik fine clay cylinders with Assyrian impressions have been found, which were made by rolling the seals on the moist clay, which was then baked in the fire. http://www.bible-history.com/faussets/C/Clay/ Clay in Naves Topical Bible Man formed from Job 33:6 -Seals made of Job 38:14 -Used by potter Isa 29:16; 41:25; 45:9 -Blind man's eyes anointed with Joh 9:6 -FIGURATIVE Job 4:19; Ps 40:2; Isa 45:9; 64:8; Jer 18:6; Ro 9:21 -SYMBOLICAL Da 2:33-41 http://www.bible-history.com/naves/C/CLAY/ Clay in Smiths Bible Dictionary As the sediment of water remaining in pits or in streets, the word is used frequently in the Old Testament. Ps 18:42; Isa 57:20; Jer 38:6 and in the New Testament, Joh 9:6 a mixture of sand or dust with spittle. It is also found in the sense of potter's clay. Isa 41:25 The great seat of the pottery of the present day in Israel is Gaza, where are made the vessels in dark-blue clay so frequently met with. Another use of clay was for sealing. Job 38:14 Our Lord's tomb may have been thus sealed, Mt 27:66 as also the earthen vessel containing the evidences of Jeremiah's purchase. Jer 32:14 The seal used for public documents was rolled on the moist clay, and the tablet was then placed in the fire and baked. http://www.bible-history.com/smiths/C/Clay/ Clay in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE kla (chomer, chacaph, TiT, meleT, `abhi, ma`abheh, abhTiT; pelos, "wet clay," "mud"): True clay, which is a highly aluminous soil, is found in certain localities in Israel,and is used in making pottery. The Hebrew and Greek words, as well as the English "clay," are, however, used loosely for any sticky mud. In making mud bricks, true clay is not always used, but ordinary soil is worked up with water and mixed with straw, molded and left to dry in the sun. Chomer (compare chmar, "slime" or "bitumen") is rendered both "clay" and "mortar." TiT is rendered "clay" or "mire." In Isa 41:25 we have: "He shall come upon rulers as upon mortar (chomer), and as the potter treadeth clay" (TiT). In Nah 3:14, "Go into the clay (TiT), and tread the mortar (chomer); make strong the brickkiln" (i.e. make the walls ready to withstand a siege). Chacaph is the clay of the image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream (Dan 2:33 ff). MeleT occurs only in Jer 43:9, where we find: the King James Version, "Take great stones .... and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln"; the Revised Version (British and American), "hide them in mortar in the brickwork"; the Revised Version, margin, "lay them with mortar in the pavement." In Hab 2:6, `abhTiT (found only here) is rendered in the King James Version "thick clay," as if from `abhi and TiT, but the Revised Version (British and American) has "pledges," referring the word to the root `abhaT, "to give a pledge." In 1 Ki 7:46, ma`abheh ha-'adhamah (compare 2 Ch 4:17, `abhi ha-'adhamah) is the compact or clayey soil in the plain of Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan, in which Hiram cast the vessels of brass for Solomon's temple. In Jn 9:6,11,14, Thayer gives "made mud of the spittle"; in Rom 9:21, "wet clay." http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/C/CLAY/ Clay Scripture - Daniel 2:33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Daniel/2/ Clay Scripture - Daniel 2:35 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. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Daniel/2/ Clay Scripture - Daniel 2:42 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. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Daniel/2/ Clay Scripture - Daniel 2:45 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. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Daniel/2/ Clay Scripture - Isaiah 29:16 Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Isaiah/29/ Clay Scripture - 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]. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Jeremiah/18/ Clay Scripture - 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. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Jeremiah/18/ Clay Scripture - Job 10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Job/10/ Clay Scripture - Job 13:12 Your remembrances [are] like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Job/13/ Clay Scripture - Nahum 3:14 Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. http://www.bible-history.com/kjv/Nahum/3/ Ostraca In ancient times when parchment was so expensive to possess, peasants would use fragments of pottery on which to scratch memoranda of business transactions. Many of these have been uncovered by archaeologists, and have proven to be of great value in revealing past history. They are called "ostraca." [Manners And Customs of Bible Lands] http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Nv8pk%2bhEZ6M%3d&tabid=232&mid=762 Preparing the Clay Preparation of the clay for the potter. It was trodden by the feet in order that it might become of the right consistency. The prophet Isaiah speaks of this action when he says: "He shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay" (Isaiah 41:25). [Manners And Customs of Bible Lands] http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=Nv8pk%2bhEZ6M%3d&tabid=232&mid=762 If you notice a broken link or any error PLEASE report it by clicking HERE © 1995-2013 Bible History Online