Definition

earthenware, i.e. a tile (by analogy, a thin roof or awning)

Etymology

probably from the base of G2767 (κεράννυμι) (through the idea of mixing clay and water);

Where the KJV renders it

• tiling

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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