◄ 3355. metrétés ►
Strong's Lexicon metrétés: Measure, a vessel for measuring Original Word: μετρητής Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: metrétés Pronunciation: me-treh-TACE Phonetic Spelling: (met-ray-tace') Definition: Measure, a vessel for measuring Meaning: a measure, amphora, about 39.39 liters or 8.75 gallons. HELPS Word-studies 3355 metrētḗs (from 3354 /metréō, "to measure") – a "liquid measure containing nearly nine gallons" (WS, 408); " 'a measure' about 39.39 litres or 8¾ gallons" (Souter). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from metreó Definition a measurer, a measure NASB Translation gallons (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3355: μετρητής μετρητής (on the accent see Chandler § 51f), μετρητου, ὁ (μετρέω), properly, a measurer, the name of a utensil known as an amphora, which is a species of measure used for liquids and containing 72 sextarii or ξεστοι (i. e. somewhat less than nine English gallons; see B. D. under the phrase, Weights and Measures, at the end (p. 3507 American edition)) (Hebrew בַּת, 2 Chronicles 4:5): John 2:6. (Polybius 2,15, 1; Demosthenes, p. 1045, 7; Aristotle, h. a. 8, 9.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance firkin, a liquid measure From metreo; a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids -- firkin. see GREEK metreo Forms and Transliterations μετρητας μετρητάς μετρητὰς μετριάζων metretas metretàs metrētas metrētàs Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance John 2:6 N-AMP GRK: χωροῦσαι ἀνὰ μετρητὰς δύο ἢ NAS: or thirty gallons each. KJV: or three firkins apiece. INT: having space for metretae two or Strong's Greek 3355 1 Occurrence μετρητὰς — 1 Occ.