Lexical Definition

‎πηλός‎ pēlós (pay-los') clay G:N-M
perhaps a primary word

clay.

Usage: 6 forms in 31 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
πηλὸν clay John.9.6 • John.9.6 • John.9.11 • John.9.14 • John.9.15
πηλώ as mortar LXX.Job.27.16
mortar LXX.Exod.1.14
to clay LXX.Job.30.19
πηλόσ clay LXX.Isa.29.16 • LXX.Isa.41.25
mortar LXX.Gen.11.3 • LXX.Isa.45.9 • LXX.Isa.64.8 • LXX.Jer.18.6
mud LXX.Job.41.30 • LXX.Mic.7.10
πηλόν clay LXX.Job.38.14 • LXX.Isa.41.25
mortar LXX.Isa.45.9 • LXX.Nah.3.14
mud LXX.2Sam.22.43 • LXX.Ps.18.42 • LXX.Zech.9.3 • LXX.Zech.10.5
of clay LXX.Job.10.9
πηλοῦ clay Rom.9.21
πηλού a clay LXX.Isa.14.23
clay LXX.Job.33.6
mortar LXX.Job.4.19
mud LXX.Ps.40.2 • LXX.Ps.69.14

Abbott-Smith

πηλός, οῦ, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for חֹמֶר, טִיט;]
1. clay, as used by a potter: Ro 9:21 (cf. Is 29:16, al.).
2. = βόρβορος, wet clay, mud: Jo 9:6, 11, 14, 15.†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Isaiah 29:16
John 9:6 · 9:11 · 9:14 · 9:15
Romans 9:21

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πηλός

(Doric dialect πᾱλός [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— clay, earth, used by masons and potters, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. ἠχυρωμένος clay mixed with chaff for use as mortar, [LXX]; εὐώδεϊ πηλῷ, of earth on which wine has been poured, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; Βρομιώδεα π. φύρησαν.. Χάριτες, of a drinkingcup, [Refs 1st c.AD+]: metaphorically, clay from which man was made: hence ὁ π. ὁ Προμηθεῖος, of man, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 mud, mire, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάσις πηλοῦ ξύνουρος, i. e. dust, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II poetical, thick or muddy wine, lees, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wine spilt on the floor, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; compare Πηλεύς near the end
__III metaphorically, dolt, blockhead, Comedy texts Adesp.[Refs]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.11.3