Pitcher

pich'-er (kadh; keramion): The word is found chiefly in the Old Testament in the story of Rebekah inGe 24:13ff; but Gideon's men also had their lamps in pitchers (Jud 7:16,19). Ecclesiastes speaks of the pitcher broken at the fountain (12:6). The single use in the New Testament is inMr 14:13parallelLu 22:10. The pitcher was an earthenware vessel (compareLa 4:2, nebhel), with one or two handles, used for carrying water, and commonly borne upon the head or shoulder (compareGe 24).