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Potter's Field

Definition: Potter's Field

Potter's Field

Noun

1. A cemetery for unknown or indigent people.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Potter's Field

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Bible

Potters field the name given to the piece of ground which was afterwards bought with the money that had been given to Judas. It was called the "field of blood" (Matt. 27:7-10). Tradition places it in the valley of Hinnom. (See ACELDAMA.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.

Dream Interpretation

To see a potter's field in your dreams, denotes you will have poverty and misery to distress you. For a young woman to walk through a potter's field with her lover, she will give up the one she loves in the hope of mercenary gain. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

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Synonyms within Context: Potter's Field

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Interment

Grave, pit, sepulcher, tomb, vault, crypt, catacomb, mausoleum, Golgotha, house of death, narrow house; cemetery, necropolis; burial place, burial ground; grave yard, church yard; God's acre; tope, cromlech, barrow, tumulus, cairn; ossuary; bone house, charnel house, dead house; morgue; lich gate; burning ghat; crematorium, crematory; dokhma, mastaba, potter's field, stupa, Tower of Silence.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Potter's Field

English words defined with "potter's field": Aceldama. (references)
Specialty definitions using "potter's field": East gate. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Potter's Field

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Theater & Movies

  • Brother Cadfael, Set 4 (The Pilgrim of Hate / The Holy Thief / The Potter's Field) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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Bible Trace: Potter's Field

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 27, Verse 10
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai edwkan auta eiV ton agron tou keramewV kaqa sunetaxen moi kurioV
Latin405VulgateEt dederunt eos in agrum figuli sicut constituit mihi Dominus
Old English990West Saxon& hyo sealdon þæt on ageltiwyrhton(sic) aker swa swa drihten me gesette.
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thei yauen hem in to a feeld of a potter, as the Lord hath ordenyd to me.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd they gave them for the potters felde as the Lorde appoynted me.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd they gave them for the potter's field, as I had word from the Lord.

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Matched Bible Translations: Potter's Field

LanguageMatthew Chapter 27, Verse 10
Cebuanoug kini ilang gibaylo sa yuta sa magkokolon, sumala sa gitugon kanako sa Ginoo."
Croatiani dadoše ih za njivu lonèarovu kako mi naredi Gospodin.
Danishog de gav dem for Pottemagermarken, som Herren befalede mig."
DutchEn hebben dezelve gegeven voor den akker des pottenbakkers; volgens hetgeen mij de Heere bevolen heeft.
Finnishja antoivat ne savenvalajan pellosta, niinkuin Herra oli minun kauttani käskenyt".
Frenchet il les ont données pour le champ du potier, comme le Seigneur me l`avait ordonné.
Germanund haben sie gegeben um den Töpfersacker, wie mir der HERR befohlen hat."
HungarianÉs adák azt a fazekas mezejéért, a mint az Úr rendelte volt nékem.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariDan uang itu mereka pakai untuk membeli Tanah Tukang Periuk, seperti yang diperintahkan Tuhan kepadaku."
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lamaserta memberikan itu menjadi pembayar harga sebidang tanah tukang periuk, seperti yang difirmankan oleh Tuhan kepadaku.
Italiane li diedero per il campo del vasaio, come mi aveva ordinato il Signore.
LatvianUn atdeva tos par podnieka tîrumu, kâ Kungs man pavçlçjis.
MaoriA hoatu ana mo te mara a te kaihanga rihi; i pera ano me ta te `Ariki i whakarite ai ki ahau.
Norwegianog de gav dem for pottemakerens aker, således som Herren bød mig.
Portuguesee deram-nas pelo campo do oleiro, assim como me ordenou o Senhor.   
Rumanianwi i-au dat pe Yarina olarului, dupq cum kmi poruncise Domnul.``
RussianЙ "БМЙ ЙИ ЪБ ЪЕНМА ЗПТЫЕЮОЙЛБ, ЛБЛ УЛБЪБМ НОЕ зПУ П"Ш.
ShuarNujai yaunchu Yúsnan etserin Jeremías timia nu uminkiamiayi: "Uunt Yus turutmia Núnisan Túrawarmiayi. Israer-shuar trainta Kuítian seawarmatai nuna akantrar nujai Nuwe Najantai nunkan sumakarmiayi." Tu aarmiayi.
Swahiliwakanunua nazo shamba la mfinyanzi, kama Bwana alivyoniagiza."
Swedishoch jag gav dem till betalning för Krukmakaråkern, i enlighet med Herrens befallning till mig."
Umapai' ra'oli-ki tana' topobabehi kura. Tohe'e majadi' ntuku' hawa' Pue' Alata'ala hi aku'."

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Anagrams: Potter's Field

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-d-e-e-f-i-l-o-p-r-s-t-t"

-4 letters: despoiler, dolerites, dotterels, epistoler, flittered, lepidotes, lotteries, piedforts, pistoleer, portliest, potteries, presifted, proteides, protested, redeposit, replotted, reposited, respotted, teleports.

-5 letters: defilers, deforest, deplores, diopters, dioptres, dolerite, dopester, dotterel, dottrels, droplets, epidotes, epistler, feedlots, fielders, filtered, firepots, flitters, foreside, forested, fostered, frisette, lepidote, leporids, littered, loftiest, loitered, peltries, peridots, perlites, petioled, petioles, piedfort.

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Alternative Orthography: Potter's Field


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 74 74 65 72 27 73      46 69 65 6C 64

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100111 01110011 00100000 01000110 01101001 01100101 01101100 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#39 &#115 &#32 &#70 &#105 &#101 &#108 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0074 0074 0065 0072 0027 0073      0046 0069 0065 006C 0064

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

50818686718498524075717870

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Bible Trace
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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