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Earthen [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

erth'n. Made of earth; made of clay; as an earthen vessel; earthen ware.

Earthen [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

Earthen-hearted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Hard-hearted; sordid; gross.

Earthenware [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain.

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12 KJV and 2 BSB verses contain “earthen”

Leviticus 6:28

But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

The clay pot in which the sin offering is boiled must be broken; if it is boiled in a bronze pot, the pot must be scoured and rinsed with water.

Leviticus 11:33

And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it.

If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

Leviticus 14:5

And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water:

Then the priest shall command that one of the birds be slaughtered over fresh water in a clay pot.

Leviticus 14:50

And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water:

and he shall slaughter one of the birds over fresh water in a clay pot.

Numbers 5:17

And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

Then he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.

2 Samuel 17:28

Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,

They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,

Proverbs 26:23

Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

Like glaze covering an earthen vessel are burning lips and a wicked heart.

Jeremiah 19:1

Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter’s earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;

This is what the LORD says: “Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take some of the elders of the people and leaders of the priests,

Jeremiah 32:14

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.

“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these deeds—both the sealed copy and the open copy of the deed of purchase—and put them in a clay jar to preserve them for a long time.

Lamentations 4:2

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.

2 Esdras 8:2

I will tell thee a similitude, Esdras; As when thou askest the earth, it shall say unto thee, that it giveth much mould whereof earthen vessels are made, but little dust that gold cometh of: even so is the course of this present world.

Sirach 13:2

Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.