metrétés
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3355. metrétés

metrétés: a measurer, a measure
Original Word: μετρητής, οῦ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: metrétés
Phonetic Spelling: (met-ray-tace')
Short Definition: a measure, amphora
Definition: a measure, amphora, about 39.39 liters or 8.75 gallons.

3355 metrētḗs (from 3354 /metréō, "to measure") – a "liquid measure containing nearly nine gallons" (WS, 408); " 'a measure' about 39.39 litres or 8¾ gallons" (Souter).

Word Origin
from metreó
Definition
a measurer, a measure
NASB Word Usage
gallons (1).

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firkin, a liquid measure

From metreo; a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids -- firkin.

see GREEK metreo

μέτοχοι — 3 Occ.
μετόχοις — 1 Occ.
μετόχους — 2 Occ.
ἐμέτρησεν — 2 Occ.
μετρήσῃ — 1 Occ.
μετρήσῃς — 1 Occ.
μέτρησον — 1 Occ.
μετρηθήσεται — 2 Occ.
μετρεῖτε — 3 Occ.
μετροῦντες — 1 Occ.
μετριοπαθεῖν — 1 Occ.
μετρίως — 1 Occ.
μέτρῳ — 4 Occ.
μέτρον — 8 Occ.
μέτρου — 2 Occ.
μετώπων — 4 Occ.
μέτωπον — 3 Occ.
μετώπου — 1 Occ.
μέχρι — 15 Occ.
μέχρις — 3 Occ.


Strong's Greek 3355
1 Occurrence


μετρητὰς — 1 Occ.

John 2:6 N-AMP
BIB: χωροῦσαι ἀνὰ μετρητὰς δύο ἢ
NAS: or thirty gallons each.
KJV: or three firkins apiece.
INT: having space for metretae two or

1 Occurrence


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