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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - μετρητής
μετρητής
G3355
Transliteration: metrētḗs
Pronunciation: met-ray-tace'
Definition: firkin
- Original: μετρητής - Transliteration: metretes - Phonetic: met-ray-tace'
- Definition:
1. a measurer, the name of a utensil known as a amphora, which is a species of measure used for liquids and containing somewhat less the nine English gallons or about (40 l)
- Origin: from G3354" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3354 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From G3354" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3354; a measurer that is (specifically) a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids: - firkin.