- ξέστης
- pint
- ξέστης
- a Roman measure, pitcher
- a Roman measure, a pitcher or cup of any size.
- ξέστης
- 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)
Derivation: as if from ξέω (properly, to smooth;KJV Usage: pot.
- ξέστης
- pitcher
- G:N-M
- ξέστης, -ου, ὁ
(a Sicilian corruption of Lat. sextarius), [in Al. : Lev.14:10 (לֹג, LXX κοτύλη)* ;]
__1. a sextarius (about a pint).
__2. In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone : Mrk.7:4.†
(AS)
1) a sextarius
1a) 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
1a) 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
ξέστης
xestēs
xes'-tace
As if from ξέω xeō (which properly means 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, that is, about a pint), that is, (specifically) a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy a pitcher)
KJV Usage: pot.