κλίβανος,
κλιβανου,
ὁ (for
κρίβανος, more common in earlier (yet
κλίβανος in
Herodotus 2, 92 (cf.
Athen. 3, p. 110 c.)) and Attic Greek; see
Lob. ad Phryn., p. 179;
Passow, under the word
κρίβανος; (
Winer's Grammar, 22));
1. a clibanus, an earthen vessel for baking bread (Hebrew
תַּנּוּר,
Exodus 8:3 (Exodus 7:29 in Hebrew); Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 26:26; Hosea 7:4). It was broader at the bottom than above at the orifice, and when sufficiently heated by a fire kindled within, the dough was baked by being spread upon the outside (but according to others, the dough was placed inside and the fire or coals outside, the vessel being often perforated with small holes that the heat might the better penetrate; cf. Rich, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquity, under the wordclibanus; see Schol. on Aristophanes Acharn. 86 (iv. 2, p. 339, 20f Dindorf)).
2. equivalent to ἰπνός, a furnace, an oven: so Matthew 6:30; Luke 12:28.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Exodus
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8:3
- Leviticus
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2:4; 26:26
- Hosea
-
7:4
- Matthew
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6:30
- Luke
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12:28
