G3355: μετρητής
metrētḗs · “measure”
Definition
a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids
KJV translates it as: firkin
Word origin: from G3354 (μετρέω);
Extended definition
μετρητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(μετρέω), [in LXX: 3Ki.18:32 (סְאָה), 2Ch.4:5, (בַּת), etc. ;]
1. a measurer (Plat.).
2. = ἀμφορεύς, an Attic measure, = 11⁄2 Roman amphoræ or about 9 Eng. gallons: Jhn.2:6.†
(AS)
(μετρέω), [in LXX: 3Ki.18:32 (סְאָה), 2Ch.4:5, (בַּת), etc. ;]
1. a measurer (Plat.).
2. = ἀμφορεύς, an Attic measure, = 11⁄2 Roman amphoræ or about 9 Eng. gallons: Jhn.2:6.†
(AS)
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How G3355 is translated
- metretae ×1
Bible verses with G3355 (metrētḗs)
Metrētḗs appears in 1 verse.
- John 2:6
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.