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Headword: Lebês
Adler number: lambda,219
Translated headword: cauldron, basin
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A vessel for cooking.
It is also called a jar [kados]. In the Holy Scripture the cauldron stands for punishment. And Ezekiel called Jerusalem a cauldron, those dwelling in [it] flesh, the Babylonian a fire, and the necessary sustenance a broth; when this has been used up, the flesh was burned up completely.[1]
Greek Original:
Lebês: skeuos mageirikon. legetai de kai kados. para de têi theiai graphêi ho lebês epi timôriai keitai. kai Iezekiêl lebêta ekalese tên Hierousalêm, krea de tous enoikountas, pur de ton Babulônion, zômon de tên anankaian trophên, hou epileloipotos katekaieto ta krea.
Note:
[1] Theodoret (PG 80, 1321a) on Psalm 59:10 LXX.
Keywords: Christianity; daily life; definition; food; geography; history; imagery; religion; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Bobbiejo Winfrey on 25 July 2003@09:19:25.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (modified translation; added note and keywords; cosmetics) on 28 July 2003@04:49:15.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 27 March 2011@08:07:23.
David Whitehead on 4 April 2013@06:54:53.
David Whitehead (coding) on 16 May 2016@07:54:11.
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation) on 9 April 2020@01:02:54.
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