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Strong's #2763 - κεραμεύς
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κερᾰμ-εύς, έως, ὁ,
I potter, ὡς ὅτε τις τροχὸν.. κεραμεὺς πειρήσεται Il. 18.601, cf. Hom. Epigr. 14.1, etc.; οἱ κ., a guild at Thyatira, IGRom. 4.1205: prov., καὶ κεραμεὺς κεραμεῖ κοτέει Hes. Op. 25, cf. Arist. Rh. 1381b16, EN 1155a35; κεραμέως πλοῦτος and κεραμεὺς ἅνθρωπος, prov., of anything frail and uncertain, Diogenian. 5.97, 98.
II Κεραμεῖς, Att. Κεραμῆς, οἱ, name of an Attic deme, Ar. Ra. 1093 (anap.), Pl. Prt. 315d, etc.
κεραμεύς, κεραμέως, ὁ (κεράννυμι), a potter: Matthew 27:7, 10; Romans 9:21. (Homer, Hesiod, Aristophanes, Plato, Plutarch, others; the Sept. several times for יוצֵר.)
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κεραμεύς , -εως , ὁ
(< κεράννυμι ),
[in LXX for H3335, Psalms 2:9, Jeremiah 18:2, al.;]
a potter: Romans 9:21; ὁ ἀγρὸς τοῦ κ ., Matthew 27:7, (LXX).†
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κεραμεύς is found passim in the papyri, e.g. P Tebt I. 120.1 (accounts— B.C. 97 or 64) τῶι κεραμῖ εἰς τι ̣(μὴν) πίσσης (";pitch";) ἀργυ (ρίου) (δραχμαὶ) ι ̄β ̄, ib. II. 414 verso (ii/A.D.) ἀπό [δο ]ς Θεναπύνχι τῇ γυναικὶ τοῦ κεραμέως, and P Oxy XII. 1497.9 (c. A.D.279) ὑπὸ Θέωνος κεραμέως. In P Lond 113. 8(b).3 (vii/A.D.) (= I. p. 220) we hear of κεραμουργοί.
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