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.
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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
