{
  "id": "mortar",
  "name": "Mortar",
  "aliases": [],
  "originalTerms": [],
  "shortDefinition": "Binding material used with brick/stone.",
  "biblicalUse": "Mortar is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.",
  "symbolicUse": "",
  "usageTypes": [],
  "relatedItems": [],
  "verses": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 11:3",
      "book": "Genesis",
      "chapter": 11,
      "verse": 3,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/genesis/11/#genesis-11-3",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "construction",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 13:10",
      "book": "Ezekiel",
      "chapter": 13,
      "verse": 10,
      "netUrl": "/bible/net/ezekiel/13/#ezekiel-13-10",
      "occurrenceType": "listed_reference",
      "usageType": "prophetic",
      "note": "Listed reference for this Bible Everyday Life item.",
      "reviewStatus": "listed"
    }
  ],
  "reviewStatus": "listed",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-06-14",
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "building-tools-materials",
      "title": "Building Tools and Materials in Scripture",
      "url": "/bible-everyday-life/building-tools-materials/"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/bible-everyday-life/items/mortar/",
  "canonicalUrl": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/bible-everyday-life/items/mortar/",
  "localStrongEvidence": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/local-strongs-audit.json",
    "matchCount": 3,
    "uniqueStrongNumbers": [
      "H2563",
      "H2564",
      "H8602"
    ],
    "matches": [
      {
        "itemId": "mortar",
        "itemName": "Mortar",
        "reference": "Genesis 11:3",
        "localKjvReference": "Genesis 11:3",
        "book": "Genesis",
        "chapter": 11,
        "verse": 3,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/genesis/11/#genesis-11-3",
        "tokenText": "and slime",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H2564"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H2564"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H2564",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "slime",
        "matchTermNormalized": "slime",
        "matchSource": "controlled_kjv_alias",
        "confidence": "review",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H2564"
        ]
      },
      {
        "itemId": "mortar",
        "itemName": "Mortar",
        "reference": "Genesis 11:3",
        "localKjvReference": "Genesis 11:3",
        "book": "Genesis",
        "chapter": 11,
        "verse": 3,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/genesis/11/#genesis-11-3",
        "tokenText": "they for morter",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H2563"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H2563"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H2563",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "morter",
        "matchTermNormalized": "morter",
        "matchSource": "controlled_kjv_alias",
        "confidence": "review",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H2563"
        ]
      },
      {
        "itemId": "mortar",
        "itemName": "Mortar",
        "reference": "Ezekiel 13:10",
        "localKjvReference": "Ezekiel 13:10",
        "book": "Ezekiel",
        "chapter": 13,
        "verse": 10,
        "kjvUrl": "/bible/kjv-strongs/ezekiel/13/#ezekiel-13-10",
        "tokenText": "it with untempered",
        "rawStrongNumbers": [
          "H8602"
        ],
        "strongs": [
          "H8602"
        ],
        "primaryStrong": "H8602",
        "morph": "",
        "lemmaTransliteration": [],
        "matchTerm": "untempered",
        "matchTermNormalized": "untempered",
        "matchSource": "controlled_kjv_alias",
        "confidence": "review",
        "contentStrongNumbers": [
          "H8602"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "strongsOccurrenceExpansion": {
    "source": "/data/bible-everyday-life/strongs-occurrence-expansion.json",
    "occurrenceCount": 37,
    "uniqueReferenceCount": 35,
    "bookCount": 12,
    "strongs": [
      "H2563",
      "H2564",
      "H8602"
    ]
  },
  "occurrencePrecision": {
    "level": "context-sensitive lexical range",
    "readerGuidance": "The references are useful, but the wording should be read in context because related English terms are included.",
    "listedReferenceCount": 2,
    "expandedUniqueReferenceCount": 35,
    "expandedOccurrenceCount": 37,
    "bookCount": 12
  }
}