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PITCHER.—The earthenware jar (cf. Lam_4:2 ‘earthen pitchers’) in which in all ages the women and maidens of Palestine have drawn and carried the water from the village well (Gen_24:14 ff.). In wealthy households this task was performed by a slave or other menial (Mar_14:13, Luk_22:10). For illustrations of water-jars found in ancient cisterns, see Macalister, Bible Sidelights, etc., fig. 22, and the works cited under House, § 9.
A. R. S. Kennedy.