ξέστηςxéstēs

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)

Greek (New Testament) · G3582

Meanings

1. a sextarius (about a pint).

2. In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone: Mark 7:4.

Same root

ξύλονxýlon · G3586timber (as fuel or material); by implication, a stick, club or tree or other wooden article or substance
ξηρόςxērós · G3584arid; by implication, shrunken, earth (as opposed to water)

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Mark 7:4 Similarly, they don’t eat anything from the market until they immerse their hands in water. This is but one of many traditions they have clung to—such as their ceremonial washing of cups, pitchers, and kettles.)

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.