Strong's G3582
ξέστης(xéstēs)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
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)
Derivation
as if from (properly, to smooth;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, ξέστης is translated as: pot.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.