G2823Greekklíbanon

κλίβανον

an earthen pot used for baking in

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Total Occurrences
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Old Testament
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New Testament

Detailed Definition

  • 1a clibanus, a earthen vessel for baking bread
  • 2a furnace, oven

Etymology & Derivation

of uncertain derivation

Scholarly Notes

it was broader at the bottom than above at the orifice, and when sufficiently heated by a fire kindled within, the dough was baked by being spread upon the outside. but according to others, the dough was baked by being placed inside and the fire or coals outside, the vessel being perforated with small holes that the heat might better penetrate.