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Strong's Exhausive Concised Dictionary - ξέστης

ξέστης

G3582

Transliteration: xéstēs

Pronunciation: xes'-tace

Definition: pot


ξέστης (xéstēs | xes'-tace)
[Grk] ξέστης LN: 6.126 GK: G3829" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3829
Derivation: as if from ξέω (properly, to smooth;
Strong's: by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)
KJV: --pot.

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