Thing

Plate, platter

Human-made Things in the Bible

The plate was a flat dish on which food was eaten or served. It was normally made of baked clay, but the dishes of royalty and rich people could be made of precious metals.

Pictures

Platter
PlatterGary Todd, Israel Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the Bible

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

צַלַּחַת tsalachath · 3 verses
παροψίς paropsis · 1 verse
πίναξ pinax · 5 verses

Also in Eating utensils

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