Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
saton
Simplified transliteration
saton
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2c
Gloss
seah (dry measure of about 12 quarts)
Definition
a satum, or seah, a Hebrew measure for things dry, containing, as Josephus testifies, (Ant. 9.85) an Italian modius and one half, or 24 sextarii, and therefore equivalent to somewhat less than three gallons English, Mt. 13:33; Lk. 13:21*
Greek-English Concordance for σάτον
| Matthew 13:33 |
He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and put into three measures (sata | σάτα | acc pl neut) of flour, until it was all leavened.” |
| Luke 13:21 |
It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures (sata | σάτα | acc pl neut) of flour, until it was all leavened.” |