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Smith's Bible Dictionary

Pan

Of the six words so rendered in the Authorized Version, two seem to imply a shallow pan or plate, such as is used by the Bedouine and Syrians for baking or dressing rapidly their cakes of meal, such as were used in legal oblations; the others, a deeper vessel or caldron for boiling meat, placed during the process on three stones.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Leviticus 2:5; 6:21; Numbers 11:8; 1 Samuel 2:14, etc.).

The "ash-pans" mentioned in Exodus 27:3 were made of copper, and were used in connection with the altar of burnt-offering. The "iron pan" mentioned in Ezek. 4:3 (marg., "flat plate " or "slice") was probably a mere plate of iron used for baking. The "fire-pans" of Exodus 27:3 were fire-shovels used for taking up coals. The same Hebrew word is rendered "snuff-dishes" (25:38; 37:23) and "censers" (Leviticus 10:1; 16:12; Numbers 4:14, etc.). These were probably simply metal vessels employed for carrying burning embers from the brazen altar to the altar of incense.

The "frying-pan" mentioned in Leviticus 2:7; 7:9 was a pot for boiling.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) A part; a portion.

2. (n.) The distance comprised between the angle of the epaule and the flanked angle.

3. (n.) A leaf of gold or silver.

4. (v. t. & i.) To join or fit together; to unite.

5. (n.) The betel leaf; also, the masticatory made of the betel leaf, etc. See betel.

6. (n.) The god of shepherds, guardian of bees, and patron of fishing and hunting. He is usually represented as having the head and trunk of a man, with the legs, horns, and tail of a goat, and as playing on the shepherd's pipe, which he is said to have invented.

7. (n.) A shallow, open dish or vessel, usually of metal, employed for many domestic uses, as for setting milk for cream, for frying or baking food, etc.; also employed for various uses in manufacturing.

8. (n.) A closed vessel for boiling or evaporating. See Vacuum pan, under Vacuum.

9. (n.) The part of a flintlock which holds the priming.

10. (n.) The skull, considered as a vessel containing the brain; the upper part of the head; the brainpan; the cranium.

11. (n.) A recess, or bed, for the leaf of a hinge.

12. (n.) The hard stratum of earth that lies below the soil. See Hard pan, under Hard.

13. (n.) A natural basin, containing salt or fresh water, or mud.

14. (v. t.) To separate, as gold, from dirt or sand, by washing in a kind of pan.

15. (v. i.) To yield gold in, or as in, the process of panning; -- usually with out; as, the gravel panned out richly.

16. (v. i.) To turn out (profitably or unprofitably); to result; to develop; as, the investigation, or the speculation, panned out poorly.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PAN

Name of a utensil used in the preparation or the serving of food, and representing several words in the original. Passing over the use of the word in connections like 1 Chronicles 9:31, "things baked in pans," where the Hebrew word chabhittim refers, not to the pan itself, but to the cakes baked in the flat pan or griddle which was called machabhath (see below), and the "firepans" (machtah) (Exodus 27:3 1 Kings 7:50, etc.) which seem to have been used to carry burning coals, we note the following words:

(1) machabhath, "pan" the King James Version, "baking-pan" the Revised Version (British and American), a dish of uncertain shape and size which was used in the preparation of the minchah or vegetable offering. See Leviticus 2:5; Leviticus 6:21; Leviticus 7:9 1 Chronicles 23:29. On the basis of Ezekiel 4:3 it might be assumed that the pan was rectangular in shape and of good size.

(2) kiyyor, rendered "pan" in 1 Samuel 2:14. The same word is used in the phrase, "pan of fire" the Revised Version (British and American), "hearth of fire" the King James Version (Zechariah 12:6); and it is also translated "laver" in the descriptions of the furnishing of tabernacle and temple (Exodus 30:18 1 Kings 7:30, etc.). As it held water and was used for boiling meat and the like, it must have been a kind of pot or kettle.

(3) masreth, (2 Samuel 15:9). The connection gives no clue as to shape or size except that it must have been small enough to serve food in, and of the proper shape to hold a substance which could be poured out. Some authorities suggest a connection with the root se'or, "leaven," and think that this pan was like the kneading-trough in shape.

(4) sir, rendered "pan" in Exodus 27:3 the King James Version, "pot" the Revised Version (British and American).

See POT.

(5) parur, "pan" in Numbers 11:8 the King James Version, "pot" the Revised Version (British and American).

See POT.

(6) celachah (2 Chronicles 35:13). Some kind of dish or pot. Slightly different forms of the same root are rendered "cruse" (2 Kings 2:20 (tselochith), "dish" (2 Kings 21:13 (tsallachath); and also in the Revised Version (British and American) in Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 26:15, instead of the probably incorrect "bosom" of the King James Version.

(7) lebes translated "pan" in 1 Esdras 1:12 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "cauldron").

(8) teganon, 2 Maccabees 7:3, 5, with the verb teganizo, 7:5, is the usual Greek word for "frying-pan," but here a large sheet of metal must be meant (compare 4 Maccabees 8:13; 12:10, 20).

LITERATURE.

Whitehouse, Primer of Hebrew Antiquities, 76, 77; Benzinger, Hebraische Archaologie, 70, 71; Nowack, Hebraische Archdologie, I, 144.

Walter R. Betteridge

BAKING PAN

See BREAD; PAN.

Greek

3835. panourgos -- ready to do anything, crafty, skillful
... ready to do anything, crafty, skillful. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
panourgos Phonetic Spelling: (pan-oor'-gos) Short Definition: cunning ...
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3841. pantokrator -- almighty
... almighty. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pantokrator Phonetic
Spelling: (pan-tok-rat'-ore) Short Definition: ruler of the universe Definition ...
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5178. tumpanizo -- to beat a drum, to torture by beating
... to beat a drum, to torture by beating. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: tumpanizo
Phonetic Spelling: (toom-pan-id'-zo) Short Definition: I torture, break ...
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5277. hupolimpano -- to leave behind
... to leave behind. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hupolimpano Phonetic Spelling:
(hoop-ol-im-pan'-o) Short Definition: I leave behind Definition: I leave ...
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3834. panourgia -- cleverness, craftiness
... cleverness, craftiness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: panourgia
Phonetic Spelling: (pan-oorg-ee'-ah) Short Definition: cunning, craftiness ...
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3839. pante -- every way, entirely
... every way, entirely. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: pante Phonetic Spelling:
(pan'-tay) Short Definition: in every way Definition: in every way ...
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3956. pas -- all, every
... (pan) -- 75 Occurrences. (panta) -- 263 Occurrences. (pantas) -- 90 Occurrences.
(pantes) -- 177 Occurrences. (panti) -- 59 Occurrences. (pantos) -- 34 Occurrences ...
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3832. panoikei -- with all the household
... with all the household. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: panoikei Phonetic
Spelling: (pan-oy-kee') Short Definition: with one's whole household or family ...
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3837. pantachou -- everywhere
... everywhere. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: pantachou Phonetic Spelling:
(pan-takh-oo') Short Definition: everywhere Definition: everywhere, in all ...
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3831. paneguris -- a festal assembly
... a festal assembly. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paneguris Phonetic
Spelling: (pan-ay'-goo-ris) Short Definition: a festival assembly ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4958. masreth -- probably pan, dish
... 4957, 4958. masreth. 4959 . probably pan, dish. Transliteration: masreth
Phonetic Spelling: (mas-rayth') Short Definition: pan. ...
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4227. machabath -- a flat plate, pan, griddle
... 4226, 4227. machabath. 4228 . a flat plate, pan, griddle. Transliteration:
machabath Phonetic Spelling: (makh-ab-ath') Short Definition: griddle. ... pan. ...
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3709. kaph -- hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot) ...
... 3708b, 3709. kaph. 3710 . hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot),
a pan. Transliteration: kaph Phonetic Spelling: (kaf) Short Definition: hands ...
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4802. marchesheth -- a stewpan, saucepan
... 4801, 4802. marchesheth. 4803 . a stewpan, saucepan. Transliteration: marchesheth
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-kheh'-sheth) Short Definition: pan. ... frying pan. ...
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3595. kiyyor -- pot, basin
... Word Origin from the same as kur Definition pot, basin NASB Word Usage basin
(6), basins (5), firepot (1), laver (9), pan (1), platform (1). ...
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2281. chabittim -- flat cakes, bread wafers
... pan. From an unused root probably meaning to cook (compare machabath); something
fried, probably a griddle-cake -- pan. see HEBREW machabath. 2280, 2281. ...
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6745. tselachah -- a pot (for cooking)
... pan. From tsalach; something protracted or flattened out, ie A platter -- pan. see
HEBREW tsalach. 6744, 6745. tselachah. 6746 . Strong's Numbers.
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6517. parur -- a pot
... pan, pot. Passive participle of parar in the sense of spreading out (compare parach);
a skillet (as flat or deep) -- pan, pot. see HEBREW parar. ...
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5518. ciyr -- a pot
... 5517, 5518. ciyr. 5518a . a pot. Transliteration: ciyr Phonetic Spelling:
(seer) Short Definition: caldron. caldron, fishhook, pan, washpot, thorn ...
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8471. Tachpanches -- a city in Egypt
... a city in Egypt. Transliteration: Tachpanches or Techaphneches Phonetic Spelling:
(takh-pan-khace') Short Definition: Tahpanhes. Word Origin of Eg. ...
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Library

"Pan, Pan is Dead"
... CHAPTER XXIII "Pan, Pan is Dead". "If there is one thing that refreshes my
soul above all others, it is that I shall behold the Redeemer ...
/.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxiii pan pan is.htm

Further Answers to Prayer
... together. I was busily watching, at the time, a pan in which a decoction
was boiling that required a good deal of attention. It ...
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What the Ruler's Discrimination Should be Between Correction and ...
... And to him, for his own defence it is forthwith subjoined, And do thou take unto
thee an iron frying-pan, and thou shalt set it for a wall of iron between thee ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter x what the rulers.htm

Verbs, 72-84
... Dan. O 2:10. Hbk.2:19 pan pneuma ouk estin en auto. 1 Mac.2:61 pantes . . ... Ex.22:22
pasan cheran kai orphanon ou kakosete. Jer.17:22 pan ergon ou poiesete. Cp. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/conybeare/a grammar of septuagint greek/verbs 72-84.htm

The Signs
... but, when the call came the third time, he replied; whereupon the voice cried still
louder, "When you come to the Paludes, proclaim that the great Pan is dead ...
/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xxi the signs.htm

The Bread of the Presence
... laid upon the table which stood on one side of the Altar of Incense, in the Inner
Court, two piles of loaves, on each of which piles was placed a pan of incense ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the bread of the presence.htm

How Absalom Murdered Amnon, who had Forced his Own Sister; and How ...
... Accordingly, he presently ordered her to be brought to him; and when she was come,
Amnon bade her make cakes for him, and fry them in a pan, and do it all with ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 8 how absalom murdered.htm

But This, as I Said, I do not Mention...
... Footnotes: [4802] Lit., "work.". [4803] Lit., "remedy.". [4804] So Panes seems to
be generally understood, ie, images of Pan used as playthings by boys, and very ...
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Adjectives, 62-65
... Wisd.7:9 ho pas chrusos. 2 Mac.8:9 to pan tes Ioudaias . . . genos. ... hina pan
stoma phrage, kai hupodikos genetai pas ho kosmos to Theo. ...
/.../conybeare/a grammar of septuagint greek/adjectives 62-65.htm

Conjunctions, 99-111
... As a rule the subjunctive follows, but not always. Gen.2:19 pan ho ean ekalesen. ...
Barn. Ep.7:11 ho ean thele, 11:8 pan rhema ho768; ean exeleusetai. Herm. Past. ...
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Thesaurus

Baking-pan (3 Occurrences)
Baking-pan. Baking, Baking-pan. Balaam . Multi-Version Concordance
Baking-pan (3 Occurrences). Leviticus 2:5 And if ...
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Pan (26 Occurrences)
... A vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or
frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Leviticus 2:5; 6:21 ...
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Frying-pan (3 Occurrences)
Frying-pan. Fryingpan, Frying-pan. Fuel . Easton's Bible Dictionary ... Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. FRYING-PAN. fri'-ing-pan. See BREAD; PAN. ...
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Stewing-pan (2 Occurrences)
Stewing-pan. Stewardship, Stewing-pan. Stewpan . Multi-Version
Concordance Stewing-pan (2 Occurrences). Leviticus 2:7 ...
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Fire-pan (4 Occurrences)
Fire-pan. Firepan, Fire-pan. Firepans . Multi-Version Concordance
Fire-pan (4 Occurrences). Numbers 16:17 and take ye ...
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Firepan (2 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FIREPAN. fir'-pan (machtah, "firepan," "censer,"
"snuffdish," from chathah, "to snatch up"): A vessel for carrying coals. ...
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Firepans (9 Occurrences)
... Numbers 16:17 and take ye every man his fire-pan, and put incense upon them, and
bring ye before the LORD every man his fire-pan, two hundred and fifty fire ...
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Griddle (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An iron plate or pan used for cooking cakes. 2.
(n.) A sieve with a wire bottom, used by miners. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Baken (7 Occurrences)
... (ASV DBY). Leviticus 2:5 And if thine offering be an oblation baken on the pan,
it shall be fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. (DBY). ...
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Baked (26 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Leviticus 2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering
baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. ...
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Bible Concordance

Pan (26 Occurrences)

Leviticus 2:5 And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 2:7 If your offering is a meal offering of the pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 6:21 In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, thou shalt bring it in: and the baked pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savor unto the LORD.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Leviticus 7:9 Every meal offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the pan, and on the griddle, shall be the priest's who offers it.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 7:14 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:20 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:26 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:32 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:38 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:44 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:50 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:56 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:62 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:68 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:74 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 7:80 one golden spoon of ten'shekels , full of incense;
(See JPS NAS)

Numbers 11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
(Root in KJV WBS YLT)

1 Samuel 2:14 and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest took therewith. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a portion of flesh , and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house.
(See JPS)

2 Samuel 13:9 She took the pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. Amnon said, "Have all men leave me." Every man went out from him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 16:3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion of flesh , and a cake of raisins.
(See JPS)

1 Chronicles 23:29 for the show bread also, and for the fine flour for a meal offering, whether of unleavened wafers, or of that which is baked in the pan, or of that which is soaked, and for all manner of measure and size;
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Jeremiah 36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the scribe's knife, and cast it into the fire that was in the pan until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the pan.
(DBY)

Ezekiel 4:3 Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NIV)

Micah 3:3 who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
(See NIV)

Zechariah 12:6 In that day I will make the chieftains of Judah like a pan of fire among wood, and like a flaming torch among sheaves; and they will devour all the surrounding peoples, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem will yet again dwell in their own place, even in Jerusalem.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Subtopics

Pan

Related Terms

Pan (26 Occurrences)

Frying-pan (3 Occurrences)

Stewing-pan (2 Occurrences)

Fire-pan (4 Occurrences)

Firepan (2 Occurrences)

Firepans (9 Occurrences)

Griddle (5 Occurrences)

Baken (7 Occurrences)

Baked (26 Occurrences)