דּוּד (dud)
dud
pot
H:N-MQuick Reference
- Language
- Biblical Hebrew
- Testament
- Old Testament
- Occurrences
- 5 verses
- Root
- —
- Part of speech
- H:N-M
Word Overview
The Hebrew noun dud refers to a vessel used for carrying or holding liquids and food, typically translated as a pot, jar, or kettle. It appears in five verses across the Old Testament, with a notable concentration in the books of Jeremiah, 2 Kings, and 2 Chronicles. The term describes practical, everyday containers rather than ceremonial or decorative items.
In its usage, dud often denotes a simple receptacle for daily sustenance or transport. For instance, it appears in contexts involving the preparation or serving of food, reflecting the ordinary domestic life of ancient Israel. The word does not carry deep metaphorical weight but serves as a concrete noun grounding biblical narratives in tangible reality.
Its etymology remains unclear, though it is distinct from other Hebrew words for vessels like keli (general utensil) or qeren (horn-shaped container). Translators consistently render it as "pot" or "jar," preserving the sense of a functional, portable container. This straightforward meaning highlights the material culture of the time without imposing symbolic interpretation.
Based on public-domain lexicons (Strong's, Thayer, Gesenius, Brown-Driver-Briggs and others).
What This Word Means for Your Faith
The word dud describes a simple pot or jar used for daily meals. It appears in verses about cooking Passover meat or serving food at the temple. These images show God caring for ordinary needs. He provides for physical sustenance through practical means.
When we read about pots and baskets, we see real life. Ancient Israelites cooked with these vessels just as we use kitchen tools today. This reminds us that faith lives in everyday moments. God is present in the simple acts of preparing and sharing food.
Your daily routine holds spiritual significance too. Whether you are cooking a meal or helping someone else eat, you participate in God’s provision. Trust that He sees your ordinary efforts and blesses them for His glory.
How it's translated
How this word is rendered word-by-word in the 5 verses where it appears, by frequency.
- the/ basket1×
- in the/ kettle1×
- in <the>/ baskets1×
- baskets of1×
- and/ the/ basket1×
- and/ in <the>/ kettles1×
Forms in the text
The inflected forms of this word as they appear in Scripture, by frequency.
- וּ/בַ/דְּוָדִים֙1×
- וְ/הַ/דּ֣וּד1×
- הַ/דּ֣וּד1×
- דּוּדָאֵ֣י1×
- בַּ/דּוּדִ֔ים1×
- בַ/דּ֗וּד1×
Key Verses
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II Chronicles 35:13
They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance. They boiled the holy offerings in pots, in cauldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.
This verse shows dud used for boiling holy offerings, highlighting how ordinary vessels served sacred purposes in temple worship.
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I Samuel 2:14
and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.
Here dud refers to a pot used improperly by priests, illustrating how misuse of sacred duties corrupts even simple tools.
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Jeremiah 24:1
Yahweh showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before Yahweh’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Although this verse mentions baskets, the context of food storage connects to the broader theme of dud as a container for sustenance.