Dictionary entry

Caldron

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kol'-drun (the rendering of qallachath, cir, dudh 'aghmon): Qallachath is found only in1Sa 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 inJer 1:13(Revised Versions);Jer 52:18f(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 in2Ch 35:13. It was also a pot for cooking. 'Aghmon is translated caldron by the King James Version inJob 41:20, but it is a mistranslation; the Revised Version (British and American) correctly has "rushes."

George Ricker Berry