στάμνος
stamnos
Feminine noun · From the base of ἵστημι (G2476) (as stationary)
From the base of G2476 (as stationary); a jar or earthen tank:—pot.
Outline
- among the Greeks an earthen jar, into which wine was drawn off for keeping but also used for other purposes
- of the little jar in which the manna was kept, laid up in the ark of the covenant