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Firkin

Used only in John 2:6; the Attic amphora, equivalent to the Hebrew bath (q. This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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  • Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
  • Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
  • Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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Study overview

Study at a glance

Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G3355
Greek
μετρητής · metrētḗs

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

μετρητής

G3355
Transliteration
metrētḗs
Language
Greek
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

firkin

Lexicon definition

a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids

Hebrew lexical coverage

No safely matched Hebrew Strong’s entry

H—

The installed lexicons do not contain a sufficiently exact Hebrew word-level match for this study. UNLEARN leaves this language unassigned instead of displaying an unrelated Strong’s record.

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Firkin

Used only in John 2:6; the Attic amphora, equivalent to the Hebrew bath (q.v.), a measure for liquids containing about 8 7/8 gallons.

Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · View data sources

Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

FIRKIN

Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for FIRKIN.

Indexed references: 1

Scripture references:

Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources

Sources

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