Firkin: About Nine Gallons
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John 2:6
And 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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Greek
3355. metretes -- a measurer, a measure
... to measure") -- a "liquid measure containing nearly nine gallons" (, 408); " 'a ...
a measurer, a measure NASB Word Usage gallons (1). firkin, a liquid measure. ...
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Second Great Group of Parables.
... 6 And he said, A hundred measures of oil. [The measure mentioned here is the Hebrew
bath, which corresponded roughly to a firkin, or nine gallons.] And he said ...
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Jesus Works his First Miracle at Cana in Galilee.
... was not aware that the six waterpots held each two or three firkins apiece"between
eighteen and twenty-seven gallons, a firkin being nine gallons"or double ...
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Firkin: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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