G5518

χοῖνιξ

choinix

Feminine noun · Of uncertain derivation

Of uncertain derivation; a chœnix or certain dry measure:—measure.

Outline

a choenix, a dry measure, containing four cotylae or two setarii (less than our quart, one litre) (or as much as would support a man of moderate appetite for a day)

Usages

Revelation 6:6

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

Breakdown

measures of wheat ... barley for a penny 2 Esdras 16:21. penny δηνάριον (dā-nä'-rē-on). oil (Matthew 25:1-13) and wine represent The Truth.

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