Lexicon :: Strong's G3582 - xestēs

ξέστης
Transliteration
xestēs (Key)
Pronunciation
xes'-tace
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
As if from xeo (properly, to smooth, by implication [of friction] to boil or heat)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ξέστης xéstēs, xes'-tace; as if from ξέω xéō (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.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3582 in the following manner: pot (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3582 in the following manner: pot (2x).

  1. a sextarius

    1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ξέστης xéstēs, xes'-tace; as if from ξέω xéō (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.
STRONGS G3582:
ξέστης, 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).
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