Washpot (Hastings' Dictionary)
Only fig. : ' Moab is my washpot," Ps 60«= 108» (LXX .Mud^ X^,J>)s t^s Av/ioi /lou, Vulg. Moab olla spei me(e, taking |"m iu its Aram. [cf. Dn 3"*] sense of ' trust '). Like the parallel ' Upon (or unto) Edom will I cast my shoe,' the expression appears to combine the ideius of ownership and of contempt. Cf. art. Shoe.
This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Washpot
Washpot wosh'-pot (sir rachats, "vessel for washing"): Only Ps 60:8 = Ps 108:9, "Moab is my washpot"; i.e. "Moab is my chattel, to betreated contemptuously," as the vessel in which the conqueror's feet are washed. ⇒See the definition of wash in the KJV Dictionary ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia.
References
- Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
- Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
- Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
- Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
- Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
- Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia