Bible Dictionaries
Plaster

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

giyr , siyr . Leviticus 14:42; Leviticus 14:48; Deuteronomy 27:2; Deuteronomy 27:4; Joshua 8:32. The inscription at Ebal was cut while the plaster was still moist. In Daniel 5:5 the accuracy of Scripture appears; the Nineveh walls were paneled with alabaster slabs, but no alabaster being procurable at Babylon enamel or stucco ("plaster") for receiving ornamental designs covers the bricks; on it Belshazzar's doom was written.

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Plaster'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​p/plaster.html. 1949.