STRONGS G3582:
ξέστης,
ξεστου,
ὁ (a corruption of the Latin sextarius);
1. a sextarius, i. e. a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (
Josephus, Antiquities 8, 2, 9 — see
βάτος;
Epictetus diss. 1, 9, 33; 2, 16, 22; (
Dioscor.),
Galen and medical writers).
2. a wooden pitcher or ewer (
Vulg.urceus (
A. V. pot)) from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not:
Mark 7:4,
8 (here
T WH omit;
Tr brackets the clause).
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