Gloss
measure (about nine or ten gallons)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
μετρητής, οῦ, ὁ
Greek transliteration
metrētēs
Simplified transliteration
metretes
Numbers
Strong's number
3355
GK Number
3583
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1f
Definition
pr. a measurer; also, metretes, Latin metreta, equivalent to the Attic ἀμφορεύς, i.e., three-fourths of the Attic μέδιμνος, and therefore equal to about nine gallons, Jn. 2:6*
Greek-English Concordance for μετρητής
| John 2:6 | Now standing nearby were six stone water jars, according to the purification requirements of the Jews, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons (metrētas | μετρητάς | acc pl masc). |
