MORTAR

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

(1) Cement or Slime

Exodus 1:14 Leviticus 14:42 Ezekiel 13:10 Nahum 3:14

(2) A vessel for Pulverizing Substances

Numbers 11:8 Proverbs 27:22

Nave's Topical Bible

1. An instrument for pulverizing grain

Numbers 11:8 Proverbs 27:22

2. A cement

Slime used as, in building tower of Babel

Used to plaster house

Leviticus 14:42 Leviticus 14:45

Untempered, not enduring

To be trodden to make firm

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