Greek
3355. metretes -- a measurer, a measure ... 3355 (from 3354 , "to
measure") -- a "liquid
measure containing
nearly nine gallons" (,
408); " 'a
measure' about 39.39
... firkin, a liquid
measure.
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3355.htm - 6kNave's Topical Index
John 2:6And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.
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Subtopics
Measure
Measure: A Bath, About Eight Gallons and a Half
Measure: A Bushel, About a Peck
Measure: A Cab, or Kab, About Two Quarts
Measure: A Cor, Equal to One Homer or Ten Ephahs, Equal to About Eleven and One-Ninth Bushels
Measure: A Fathom
Measure: A Finger
Measure: A Firkin, Nearly Nine Gallons
Measure: A Furlong
Measure: A Half-Homer, About Five and a Half Bushels
Measure: A Handbreadth
Measure: A Hin, About a Gallon and a Half
Measure: A Homer, About Eleven Bushels, Equal to a Cor or Ten Ephahs
Measure: A Log, About a Pint, One-Twelfth of a Hin
Measure: A Mile, Probably Nine-Tenths of an English Mile
Measure: A Pace
Measure: A Reed, Probably Six Cubits
Measure: A Sabbath Day's Journey, Two Thousand Paces
Measure: A Seah, About a Peck and a Half
Measure: A Span
Measure: A Tenth Deal, About a Gallon, Equal to One-Tenth of an Ephah
Measure: An Ephah, Equal to Three Seah, and in Liquid, to a Bath, Containing About a Bushel and a Half
Measure: An Omer, About One Bushel
Measure: Must be Just
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