G3582

ξέστης

xestēs

Masculine noun · As if from xeo (properly, to smooth, by implication [of friction] to boil or heat)

As if from ξέω xéō (properly, to smooth; 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):—pot.

Outline

a sextarius

a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (.5 litre)

a wooden pitcher or ewer from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not

Usages

Mark 7:4

And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.

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Mark 7:8

For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

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