G3582: ξέστης
xéstēs · “pitcher”
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, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)
KJV translates it as: pot
Word origin: as if from (properly, to smooth;
Extended definition
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3582 is translated
- vessels ×1
- of vessels ×1
Bible verses with G3582 (xéstēs)
Xéstēs appears in 2 verses.
- Mark 7:4
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
- Mark 7:8
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.