CALDRON

ISBE

kol'-drun (the rendering of qallachath, cir, dudh 'aghmon) : Qallachath is found only in 1Sa 2:14 ; Mic 3:3 . It is a pot for cooking, of undefined size and characteristics, in the former passage for sanctuary use, in the latter for domestic. Cir is translated caldron in Jer 1:13 (Revised Versions); Jer 52:18 f(the King James Version); Eze 11:3 , 7 , 11 . It was distinctly a large pot, employed both for domestic use and in the sanctuary. Dudh is translated caldron only in 2Ch 35:13 . It was also a pot for cooking. 'Aghmon is translated caldron by the King James Version in Job 41:20 , but it is a mistranslation; the Revised Version (British and American) correctly has "rushes." George Ricker Berry

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

a vessel for boiling flesh, for either ceremonial or domestic use. (1 Samuel 2:14; 2 Chronicles 35:13; Job 41:20; Micah 3:3)

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