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σάτον

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
σάτον, ου, τό
Greek transliteration: 
saton
Simplified transliteration: 
saton
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4568
GK Number: 
4929
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.”