Thing
Soap, lye
Human-made Things in the Bible
Soap or lye was a cleansing agent made by boiling together ashes and animal fat.
In the Bible
The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used
בֹּרִית borith · 2 verses
Sources
Plants and Trees in the Bible, Animals in the Bible and Human-made Things in the Bible © United Bible Societies, 2025 (adapted from Each According to its Kind: Plants and Trees in the Bible by Robert Koops, All Creatures Great and Small: Living Things in the Bible by Edward R. Hope, and The Works of Their Hands: Man-made Things in the Bible by Ray Pritz), CC BY-SA 4.0; adapted for eRhema