What does κεραμεύς (kerameús) mean in the Bible?
κεραμεύς (kerameús): Craftsperson who shapes clay; metaphorically represents God's sovereign power to mold nations and individuals.
Greek · G2763
κεραμεύς
A potter
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κεραμεύςG2763
Pronunciationkerameús
What does κεραμεύς (kerameús) mean in the Bible?
κεραμεύς (kerameús): Craftsperson who shapes clay; metaphorically represents God's sovereign power to mold nations and individuals.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2763?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include potter’s (2), potter (1).
Where does κεραμεύς (kerameús) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 27:7. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (2), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itpotter’s2×Matthew 27:7, Matthew 27:10
potter1×Romans 9:21
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 27:7
Aligned rows3
Books represented2
Matthew2Romans1
Source forms
κεραμέως2xkerameōsMatthew 27:7, Matthew 27:10
κεραμεὺς1xkerameusRomans 9:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular2xMatthew 27:7, Matthew 27:10
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xRomans 9:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Craftsperson who shapes clay; metaphorically represents God's sovereign power to mold nations and individuals.
Strong'sG2763
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkJeremiah 18:1-4Source Gloss
a potter
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 27:7Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κεραμέως,keramewv
a potter
Read verseMatthew 27:10Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
κεραμέως,keramewv
a potter
Read verseRomans 9:21Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κεραμεὺςkerameuv
a potter
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRom 9:211×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 27:7 · Matt 27:102×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Potter at his wheel shaping clay into vessels, demonstrating divine sovereignty
Potter's absolute authority over clay used metaphorically for God's control over nations
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κεραμεύς is built from this root:
κέραμοςG2766
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