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wô´tẽr-pot (ὐδÏιÌα, hudrıÌa; compare Ï…Ì”ÌδωÏ, huÌdoÌ„r, “waterâ€): An earthen vessel, or jar, for carrying or holding water (in the Septuagint for כּד, kadh, “jar,†or “pitcherâ€). It was usually carried by women upon the head, or upon the shoulder (). Pots of larger size, holding eighteen or twenty gallons apiece, were used by the Jews for purposes of ceremonial purification ().