Mortar
Easton's Bible Dictionary
(Heb. homer), cement of lime and sand (Gen 11:3; Exod 1:14); also potter’s clay (Isa 41:25; Nah 3:14). Also Heb. ‘aphar, usually rendered “dust,” clay or mud used for cement in building (Lev 14:42, 45).
Mortar for pulverizing (Prov 27:22) grain or other substances by means of a pestle instead of a mill. Mortars were used in the wilderness for pounding the manna (Num 11:8). It is commonly used in Palestine at the present day to pound wheat, from which the Arabs make a favourite dish called kibby.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
mor'-ter (medhokhah (Num 11:8), makhtesh (Prov 27:22)): A hollowed stone or vessel in which grain or other substance was pounded or beaten with a pestle. The Israelites used a mortar in which to beat the manna in the wilderness (Num 11:8), and Prov 27:22 declares, "Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle .... yet will not his foolishness depart from him," i.e. it is inherent and ineradicable. Some have supposed an allusion to an oriental mode of punishment by pounding the criminal to death in a mortar, but this is unlikely. In illustration of Prov 27:22 such proverbs are quoted as "Though you beat that loose woman in a mortar, she will not leave her ways." See also BRAY. For "mortar" (the King James Version "morter").
See BITUMEN.
James Orr
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