Dictionary entry

κλίβανος

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κλίβανος, -ον, ὁ

(Att., κρίβ-, but κλ- in Ion., Hdt., ii, 92), [in LXX for תַּנּוּר, Ge 15:17, Ho 7:4, 6 al.;]

1. in cl., a clibanus, cribanus, an earthen vessel for baking bread.

2. In LXX and NT, a furnace (cf. MM, Exp., xv), an oven: Mt 6:30, Lk 12:28.†