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It is mentioned several times throughout the Scriptures, highlighting its significance in ancient society. Definition and Composition: Mortar is a mixture used to bond stones or bricks together. In ancient times, it was typically made from a combination of clay, lime, sand, and water. The consistency and composition could vary depending on the resources available in a particular region. Biblical References: 1. Construction and Building: Mortar is first mentioned in the context of construction in <a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a>, during the building of the Tower of Babel: "They said to one another, 'Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.' So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar." This passage illustrates the use of mortar as a binding agent in construction, although in this instance, tar was used as a substitute. 2. Symbol of Strength and Permanence: In <a href="/leviticus/14-42.htm">Leviticus 14:42</a>, mortar is used in the context of cleansing a house from mildew: "Then they are to take other stones to replace these and take additional mortar to replaster the house." Here, mortar symbolizes the restoration and strengthening of a dwelling, ensuring its durability and cleanliness. 3. Metaphorical Use: Mortar is also used metaphorically in the Bible. In <a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a>, it is written: "Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, you will not separate his foolishness from him." This imagery conveys the idea that certain inherent traits or behaviors are difficult to change, even with intense effort. 4. Judgment and Destruction: Mortar is mentioned in the context of judgment in <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-15</a>, where false prophets are condemned for building a wall with untempered mortar: "Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when a flimsy wall is built, they plaster it with whitewash, tell those who plaster it with whitewash that it will fall." This passage uses mortar as a metaphor for false security and the inevitable collapse of deceitful constructs. Cultural and Historical Context: In ancient Near Eastern cultures, mortar was an essential component of construction, used in both humble dwellings and grand structures. Its use in the Bible reflects the everyday life of the people and their reliance on sturdy materials for building. The biblical references to mortar also serve as powerful metaphors for spiritual truths, illustrating concepts of strength, integrity, and the consequences of falsehood. Conclusion: Mortar, as depicted in the Bible, is more than just a building material; it is a symbol of the human endeavor to create, restore, and sometimes deceive. Its presence in Scripture underscores the importance of solid foundations, both physically and spiritually, in the life of the believer.<a name="smi" id="smi"></a><div class="vheading2">Smith's Bible Dictionary</div>Mortar"a wide-mouthed vessel in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or bruised with a pestle." --Webster. The simplest and probably most ancient method of preparing corn for food was by pounding it between two stones. The Israelites in the desert appear to have possessed mortars and handmills among their necessary domestic utensils. When the manna fell they gathered it, and either ground it in the mill or pounded it in the mortar till it was fit for use. (<a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Numbers 11:8</a>) So in the present day stone mortars are used by the Arabs to pound wheat for their national dish kibby . Another word occurring in (<a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a>) probably denotes a mortar of a larger kind in which corn was pounded: "Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him." Corn may be separated from its husk and all its good properties preserved by such an operation, but the fool's folly is so essential a part of himself that no analogous process can remove it from him. Such seems the natural interpretation of this remarkable proverb. The language is intentionally exaggerated, and there is no necessity for supposing an allusion to a mode of punishment by which criminals were put to death by being pounded in a mortar. A custom of this king existed among the Turks, but there is no distinct trace of it among the Hebrews. Such, however, is supposed to be the reference in the proverb by Mr. Roberts, who illustrates it from his Indian experience.<a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div>MortarThis well-known utensil was employed by the Hebrews in preparing manna for use, <a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Numbers 11:8</a>. Large iron mortars, for pounding grain, have been used by the Turks in the execution of criminals; but it is not known that the Jews ever practiced this mode of punishment. To this day a favorite article of food in Syria is prepared by pounding meat for hours in an iron mortar, and adding grain and spice while the process of "braying" goes on, <a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a>. <a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>(Hebrews homer), cement of lime and sand (<a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a>; <a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a>); also potter's clay (<a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a>; <a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Nahum 3:14</a>). Also Hebrews `aphar, usually rendered "dust," clay or mud used for cement in building (<a href="/leviticus/14-42.htm">Leviticus 14:42</a>, 45).Mortar for pulverizing (<a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a>) grain or other substances by means of a pestle instead of a mill. Mortars were used in the wilderness for pounding the manna (<a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Numbers 11:8</a>). It is commonly used in Palestine at the present day to pound wheat, from which the Arabs make a favourite dish called kibby. <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (n.) A strong vessel, commonly in form of an inverted bell, in which substances are pounded or rubbed with a pestle.2. (n.) A short piece of ordnance, used for throwing bombs, carcasses, shells, etc., at high angles of elevation, as 45, and even higher; -- so named from its resemblance in shape to the utensil above described.3. (n.) A building material made by mixing lime, cement, or plaster of Paris, with sand, water, and sometimes other materials; -- used in masonry for joining stones, bricks, etc., also for plastering, and in other ways.4. (v. t.) To plaster or make fast with mortar.5. (n.) A chamber lamp or light.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div>MORTARmor'-ter (medhokhah (<a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Numbers 11:8</a>), makhtesh (<a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a>)): A hollowed stone or vessel in which grain or other substance was pounded or beaten with a pestle. The Israelites used a mortar in which to beat the manna in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Numbers 11:8</a>), and <a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a> declares, "Though thou shouldst bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle.... yet will not his foolishness depart from him," i.e. it is inherent and ineradicable. Some have supposed an allusion to an oriental mode of punishment by pounding the criminal to death in a mortar, but this is unlikely. In illustration of <a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a> such proverbs are quoted as "Though you beat that loose woman in a mortar, she will not leave her ways." See also <a href="../b/bray.htm">BRAY</a>. For "mortar" (the King James Version "morter"). See <a href="../b/bitumen.htm">BITUMEN</a>. James Orr<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4085.htm">4085. medokah -- mortar</a> ... 4084, 4085. medokah. 4086 . mortar. Transliteration: medokah Phonetic Spelling: (med-o-kaw') Short Definition: mortar. Word Origin ... /hebrew/4085.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4388.htm">4388. maktesh -- mortar</a> ... 4387, 4388. maktesh. 4389 . mortar. Transliteration: maktesh Phonetic Spelling: (mak-taysh') Short Definition: hollow. ... hollow place, mortar. ... /hebrew/4388.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4423.htm">4423. melet -- mortar, cement</a> ... 4422, 4423. melet. 4424 . mortar, cement. Transliteration: melet Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-let) Short Definition: mortar. Word Origin ... /hebrew/4423.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2563a.htm">2563a. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay</a> ... 2563, 2563a. chomer. 2563b . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer Short Definition: clay. Word Origin from chamar Definition ... /hebrew/2563a.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2563.htm">2563. chomer -- cement, mortar, clay</a> ... 2562, 2563. chomer. 2563a . cement, mortar, clay. Transliteration: chomer Phonetic Spelling: (kho'mer) Short Definition: clay. clay, heap, homer, mire, motion ... /hebrew/2563.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/4389.htm">4389. Maktesh -- a place probably in Jer.</a> ... Maktesh. 4390 . a place probably in Jer. Transliteration: Maktesh Phonetic Spelling: (mak-taysh') Short Definition: mortar. ... NASB Word Usage mortar (1). Maktesh ... /hebrew/4389.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7322.htm">7322. ruph -- tremble</a> ... Word Origin see raphaph. tremble A primitive root; properly, to triturate (in a mortar), ie (figuratively) to agitate (by concussion) -- tremble. 7321, 7322. ... /hebrew/7322.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/1743.htm">1743. duk -- to pound, beat</a> ... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition to pound, beat NASB Word Usage beat (1). beat. A primitive root; to bruise in a mortar -- beat. 1742, 1743. ... /hebrew/1743.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2915.htm">2915. tiach -- a coating</a> ... daubing. From (the equiv. Of) tuwach; mortar or plaster -- daubing. see HEBREW tuwach. 2914, 2915. tiach. 2916 . Strong's Numbers. /hebrew/2915.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6083.htm">6083. aphar -- dry earth, dust</a> ... 1), plaster (3), rubbish (1), rubble (1). ashes, dust, earth, ground, mortar, powder, rubbish. From aphar; dust (as powdered or gray ... /hebrew/6083.htm - 6k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/doddridge/practical_discourses_on_regeneration/discourse_i_of_the_character.htm">Of the Character of the Unregenerate.</a> ... because they have seduced my people, saying Peace, when there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and lo, others daubed it with untempered mortar: say unto ... /.../doddridge/practical discourses on regeneration/discourse i of the character.htm<a href="/library/sherman/the_childrens_bible/the_boyhood_and_training_of.htm">The Boyhood and Training of Moses</a> ... And the Egyptians were cruel and made slaves of them, making their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and brick, and by all kinds of hard work in the field ... /.../sherman/the childrens bible/the boyhood and training of.htm<a href="/library/jowett/my_daily_meditation_for_the_circling_year/february_the_twenty-third_the_process.htm">February the Twenty-Third the Process and the End</a> ... The maker of chaste and delicate porcelain reaches his lovely ends through an awful mortar, where the raw material of bone and clay is pounded into a cream. ... /.../february the twenty-third the process.htm<a href="/library/wesley/the_journal_of_john_wesley/mobbed_by_masons.htm">Mobbed by Masons</a> ... The mob quickly rewarded him by plastering him over with mortar from head to foot. They then fell upon the carriage, which they ... //christianbookshelf.org/wesley/the journal of john wesley/mobbed by masons.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_38_1892/members_of_christ.htm">Members of Christ</a> ... In the course of time, the stone becomes more and more knit to it. When first the mortar is placed there, and is wet, you might also shake the stone. ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/members of christ.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/the_water_of_life_and_other_sermons/sermon_xix_civilized_barbarism_preached.htm">Civilized Barbarism (Preached for the Bishop of London's Fund, at ...</a> ... merely the society of London, and the industry of London, and the wealth of London, but the very buildings of London, the brick and the mortar, would crumble ... /.../the water of life and other sermons/sermon xix civilized barbarism preached.htm<a href="/library/brooks/hearts-ease/hearts-ease.htm">Heart's-Ease</a> ... Our strength is measured by our plastic power... Bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them into something else. ... //christianbookshelf.org/brooks/hearts-ease/hearts-ease.htm<a href="/library/leupold/exposition_of_genesis_volume_1/chapter_xi.htm">Chapter xi</a> ... 3, 4. And they said, one to another: Come, let us make bricks and let us burn them well. And they used brick in place of stone and bitumen in place of mortar. ... //christianbookshelf.org/leupold/exposition of genesis volume 1/chapter xi.htm<a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_e/peter_alone_with_jesus.htm">Peter Alone with Jesus</a> ... to him about an angry God. You may bray a fool in a mortar, and his foolishness will not depart from him. You may break a man down ... /.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture e/peter alone with jesus.htm<a href="/library/marson/hugh_bishop_of_lincoln/chapter_viii_hugh_the_builder.htm">Hugh the Builder</a> ... the building of his great Castle Saucy, the Chateau Gaillard, it is not wonderful that Hugh also should be ready and willing to do much in stone and mortar. ... /.../marson/hugh bishop of lincoln/chapter viii hugh the builder.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/m/mortar.htm">Mortar (16 Occurrences)</a> ...Mortar for pulverizing (Proverbs 27:22) grain or other substances by means of a pestle instead of a mill. ... 4. (vt) To plaster or make fast with mortar. ... /m/mortar.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/p/plaster.htm">Plaster (13 Occurrences)</a> ... See Mortar. ... In Egypt burnt gypsum, and in Palestine and Syria burnt limestone (lime) are the commonest materials for making mortar. ... /p/plaster.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/w/whited.htm">Whited (7 Occurrences)</a> ... they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar : (See JPS). ... /w/whited.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/b/bray.htm">Bray (3 Occurrences)</a> ... bra (nahaq, "to bray," of the ass; kathash, "to pound in a mortar"): This word occurs with two distinct meanings: (a) The harsh cry of the ass (Job 6:5). Job ... /b/bray.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/s/slime.htm">Slime (6 Occurrences)</a> ... Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) bitumen; the Revised Version margin "bitumen"; compare Arabic chummar, "bitumen"; and compare chomer, "clay," "mortar"): In the ... /s/slime.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/p/pestle.htm">Pestle (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar. ... See MORTAR. Multi-Version Concordance ... /p/pestle.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/u/untempered.htm">Untempered (5 Occurrences)</a> ... UNTEMPERED. un-tem'-perd (taphel): Used of mortar in Ezekiel 13:10-15; Ezekiel 22:28. Taphel probably refers to mortar made with clay instead of slaked lime. ... /u/untempered.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/m/maktesh.htm">Maktesh (1 Occurrence)</a> ... Easton's Bible Dictionary Mortar, a place in or near Jerusalem inhabited by silver merchants (Zephaniah 1:11). It has been conjectured ... /m/maktesh.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/p/pits.htm">Pits (13 Occurrences)</a> ... Latin Bible, 390-405 AD) bitumen; the Revised Version margin "bitumen"; compare Arabic chummar, "bitumen"; and compare chomer, "clay," "mortar"): In the ... /p/pits.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/c/clay.htm">Clay (50 Occurrences)</a> ... Clay was also in primitive times used for mortar (Genesis 11:3). The "clay ground" in which the large vessels of the temple were cast (1 Kings 7:46; 2 ... /c/clay.htm - 25k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Wailing-Wall.html">What is the Wailing Wall / Western Wall? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Passover-Seder.html">How do the elements of the Passover Seder point to Christ? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/mortar.htm">Mortar: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Mortar (16 Occurrences)<a href="/genesis/11-3.htm">Genesis 11:3</a> They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/exodus/1-14.htm">Exodus 1:14</a> and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/leviticus/14-41.htm">Leviticus 14:41</a> and he shall cause the inside of the house to be scraped all over, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scraped off, outside of the city into an unclean place. (WEB JPS ASV DBY)<a href="/leviticus/14-42.htm">Leviticus 14:42</a> They shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/leviticus/14-45.htm">Leviticus 14:45</a> He shall break down the house, its stones, and its timber, and all the house's mortar. He shall carry them out of the city into an unclean place. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/numbers/11-8.htm">Numbers 11:8</a> The people went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a> Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/41-25.htm">Isaiah 41:25</a> "I have raised up one from the north, and he has come; from the rising of the sun, one who calls on my name; and he shall come on rulers as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay. (WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/jeremiah/43-9.htm">Jeremiah 43:9</a> Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; (WEB JPS ASV NAS RSV)<a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10</a> Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered 'mortar': (ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/ezekiel/13-11.htm">Ezekiel 13:11</a> say unto them that daub it with untempered 'mortar', that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. (ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/ezekiel/13-14.htm">Ezekiel 13:14</a> So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered 'mortar', and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be uncovered; and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah. (ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/ezekiel/13-15.htm">Ezekiel 13:15</a> Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered 'mortar'; and I will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; (ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/ezekiel/22-28.htm">Ezekiel 22:28</a> And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered 'mortar', seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken. (ASV DBY WBS)<a href="/nahum/3-14.htm">Nahum 3:14</a> Draw water for the siege. Strengthen your fortresses. Go into the clay, and tread the mortar. Make the brick kiln strong. (WEB JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/zephaniah/1-11.htm">Zephaniah 1:11</a> Wail, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the people of Canaan are undone! All those who were loaded with silver are cut off. (See NAS RSV)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/m/mortar.htm">Mortar</a><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortar--a_cement.htm">Mortar: A Cement</a><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortar--a_cement_used_to_plaster_house.htm">Mortar: A Cement used to Plaster House</a><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortar--a_cement--slime_used_as,_in_building_tower_of_babel.htm">Mortar: A Cement: Slime Used As, in Building Tower of Babel</a><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortar--a_cement--to_be_trodden_to_make_firm.htm">Mortar: A Cement: To be Trodden to Make Firm</a><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortar--a_cement--untempered,_not_enduring.htm">Mortar: A Cement: Untempered, not Enduring</a><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortar--an_instrument_for_pulverizing_grain.htm">Mortar: An Instrument for Pulverizing Grain</a><a href="/topical/naves/m/mortar--figurative.htm">Mortar: Figurative</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a 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