Strongs Number: G3582
- Greek Word
- ξέστης
- Transliteration
- xestēs
- Phonetic
- xes'-tace
- Part of Speech
- Noun Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
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 that is about a pint) that is (specifically) a measure for liquids or solids (by analogy a pitcher)
- Thayers Definition
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1. a sextarius
a. a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (.5 litre)
2. a wooden pitcher or ewer from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not
- Origin
- As if from ξέω xeō (which properly means to smooth
- Bible Usage
- pot.