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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #943 - βάτος

Transliteration

bátos

Phonetics

bat'-os

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Parts of Speech

Noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

a bath, a Jewish measure of liquids of about 8 or 9 gallons (about 40 l.)

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Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1323 ‑ בַּת (bath);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Luke

NAS (1)

Luke

HCS (1)

Luke

BSB (1)

Luke

ESV (1)

Luke

WEB (1)

Luke

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

βάτος, ὁ,

the Hebrew liquid measure bath, = Egypt. ἀρτάβη or Att. μετρητής, LXX 2 Esdras 7:22, Luke 16:6, J. AJ 8.2.9: — also βάδος, v.l. in LXX l.c., Hsch.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† βάτος -ου , ὁ

(Heb. H1324),

[in LXX (also βαίθ , βάτος ): Ezra 7:22 *;]

bath, a Jewish liquid measure, = μετρητής (q.v.), or about 8-3/4 gals.: Luke 16:6.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This Hebrew loanword (בַּת) is rather strangely transliterated βάδος in Hesychius, who implies that this was commoner than βάτος : perhaps the fact that δ was now generally spirantised (like th in bathe) made it seem nearer than τ to the Hebrew letter. See Tischendorf on Luke 16:6 : to אLX, which spell with δ , must now be added W.

List of Word Forms

βατους βάτους βατών batous bátous

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