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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3355 - μετρητής

Transliteration

metrētḗs

Phonetics

met-ray-tace'

Origin

from (G3354)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
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Thayer's

a measurer, the name of a utensil known as a amphora, which is a species of measure used for liquids and containing somewhat less the nine English gallons or about (40 l)

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1323 ‑ בַּת (bath); 5429 ‑ סְאָה (seh‑aw'); 6288 ‑ פֻּארָה (peh‑o‑raw', po‑raw', poo‑raw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

John 1

BSB (0)

John 1

CSB (0)

John 1

ESV (1)

John 1

KJV (1)

John 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

John 1

N95 (1)

John 1

NAS (1)

John 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

John 1

YLT (1)

John 1

ASV (1)

firkins 1

BSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

CSB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

ESV (1)

gallons 1

KJV (1)

firkins 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

measures 1

N95 (1)

gallons 1

NAS (1)

measures 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

metretes 1

YLT (1)

measures 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APM 1

ANT

N-APM 1

BEZ

N-APM 1

BGB

N-APM 1

BMT

N-APM 1

BYZ

N-APM 1

ELZ

N-APM 1

NA26

N-APM 1

SBL

N-APM 1

SCV

N-APM 1

STV

N-APM 1

TIS

N-APM 1

TRG

N-APM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μετρ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,

I measurer, Id. Just. 373a; μετρηταὶ στρατοπέδων, = Lat. metatores castrorum, J. BJ 5.2.1.

II a liquid measure, = ἀμφορεύς, Philyll. 7, D. 42.20, Sosith. 2.8 (s. v.l.), IG 12(3).436.13 (Thera, iv B. C.), Arist. HA 596a7, Hero *Mens. 9, etc.; of the Hebrew bath, LXX 3 Ki. 18.32, al., John 2:6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

μετρητής , -οῦ , ὁ

(< μετρέω ),

[in LXX: 1 Kings 18:32 (H5429), 2 Chronicles 4:5, (H1323), etc.;]

1. a measurer (Plat.).

2. = ἀμφορεύς , an Attic measure, = 1½ Roman amphoræ or about 9 Eng. gallons: John 2:6.†

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 NT ἅπ. εἰρ. (Revelation 10:3) is used of the ";roar";of the sea in Kaibel 1028.62—

παντᾶι δὲ μελανθέι ῥοίζωι

σπερχόμενος βαρὺ πόντος ἐνὶ σπήλυγξι βαθείαις

μυκᾶτ᾽ ἐξ ἀδύτων.

Cf. P Leid Wxxi. 30 (ii/iii A.D.) (= II. p. 155) ἔσω προσβαλόμενος μύκησαι ὀλολυγμός (l. —όν), also .33 μύκησαι ὅσον δύνασαι.

List of Word Forms

μετρητας μετρητάς μετρητὰς μετριάζων metretas metretàs metrētas metrētàs