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wô´tẽr - pot ( ὐδρία , hudrı́a ; compare ὕδωρ , húdōr , "water"): An earthen vessel, or jar, for carrying or holding water (in the Septuagint for כּד , kadh , "jar," or "pitcher"). It was usually carried by women upon the head, or upon the shoulder ( John 4:28 ). Pots of larger size, holding eighteen or twenty gallons apiece, were used by the Jews for purposes of ceremonial purification (John 2:6 ).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Waterpot'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/w/waterpot.html. 1915.

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