Frying Pan

Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia

(Lev. 2:5; 7:9; 1 Sam. 2:14; 2 Sam. 13:9)—a cooking vessel of metal or clay, sometimes deep and sometimes nearly flat, used for preparing grain offerings and food. Second Maccabees 7 recounts the martyrdom of seven brothers and their mother, whose tormentors used pans and cauldrons as instruments of torture.

Scripture cited

Leviticus 2:5 1 Kingdoms 2:14 2 Kingdoms 13:9

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