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κλίβανος

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Gloss: oven

Transliteration: klibanos

Strong’s: G2823

κλίβανος, -ον, ό
(Att.., κρίβ-, but κλ- in Ion., Hdt., ii, 92), [in LXX for תַּנּוּר, Gen.15:17, Hos.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: Mat.6:30, Luk.12:28.†
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