Strong's Greek #3582 - ξέστης, ου, ὁ xestés (a sextarius (about a pint))
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance a pitcher, jug As if from xeo (properly, to smooth; by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. About a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher) -- pot. Thayer's Greek LexiconStrong's 3582: ξέστηςξέστης, ξεστου, ὁ (a corruption of the Latin sextarius);1. a sextarius, i. e. a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (Josephus, Antiquities 8, 2, 9 — see βάτος; Epictetus diss. 1, 9, 33; 2, 16, 22; (Dioscor.), Galen and medical writers). 2. a wooden pitcher or ewer (Vulg.urceus (A. V. pot)) from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not: Mark 7:4, 8 (here T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause). Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Greek: 3582. ξέστης (xestés) — 2 OccurrencesMark 7:4 - N-GMP Mark 7:8 - Noun-GMP |