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Pitcher

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A vessel for containing liquids. In the East pitchers were usually carried on the head or shoulders (Gen 24:15-20; Judg 7:16, 19; Mark 14:13).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pich'-er (kadh; keramion): The word is found chiefly in the Old Testament in the story of Rebekah in Gen 24:13 ff; but Gideon's men also had their lamps in pitchers (Judg 7:16; Judg 7:19). Ecclesiastes speaks of the pitcher broken at the fountain (12:6). The single use in the New Testament is in Mark 14:13 parallel Luke 22:10. The pitcher was an earthenware vessel (compare Lam 4:2, nebhel), with one or two handles, used for carrying water, and commonly borne upon the head or shoulder (compare Gen 24).

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