What does κεραμικός (keramikós) mean in the Bible?
κεραμικός (keramikós) is a Greek word meaning "made of clay".
Greek · G2764
κεραμικός
Made of clay
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κεραμικόςG2764
Pronunciationkeramikós
What does κεραμικός (keramikós) mean in the Bible?
κεραμικός (keramikós) is a Greek word meaning "made of clay".
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How does the BSB render G2764?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include pottery (1).
Where does κεραμικός (keramikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Revelation 2:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (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 Itpottery1×Revelation 2:27
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Usage map
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First aligned rowRevelation 2:27
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Revelation1
Source forms
κεραμικὰ1xkeramikaRevelation 2:27
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural1xRevelation 2:27
Evidence Summary
Greek word. made of clay
Strong'sG2764
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
made of clay
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(κέραμος), [in LXX: Dan LXX 2:41 (פֶּחָר)* ;]
1(cl.) of a potter (e.g. γῆ).
2In LXX and NT, = cl., κεραμεοῦς (Plut., κεράμειος, Polyb., -μαῖος, etc), earthen: Rev.2:27.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 2:27Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
κεραμικά,keramika
of clay, made by 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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternNominative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · NeuterRev 2:271×
Word Origins
κεραμικός is built from this root:
κέραμοςG2766
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