Thing

Cooking pot, kettle

Human-made Things in the Bible

The cooking pot was a deep container made of metal or fired earthenware. It was filled with water and placed over a fire. Food was boiled in the water.

Pictures

Ceramic cooking and storage pots
Ceramic cooking and storage pots© Bukvoed, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Metal and ceramic cooking pots
Metal and ceramic cooking potsGary Todd, Israel Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

The Hebrew and Greek words for it, and every verse where each is used

דּוּד dud · 3 verses
כִּיּוֹר kiyor · 1 verse
כְּלִי kli · 1 verse
סִיר sir · 28 verses
פָּרוּר parur · 3 verses
צַלַּחַת tsalachath · 1 verse
קַלַּחַת qalachath · 2 verses
λέβης lebēs · 6 verses
ξέστης xestēs · 1 verse
τήγανον tēganon · 5 verses
χαλκεῖον, χαλκίον chalkeion, chalkion · 2 verses
χύτρα chutra · 1 verse

Also in Household

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