G3355 – metretes – μετρητής – firkin
- Strong’s ID:
- G3355
- Greek Word:
- μετρητής
- Transliteration:
- metretes
- Pronunciation:
- met-ray-tace’
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Usage Count:
- 1
- Search:
- Find “metretes” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from G3354; a measurer, i.e. (specifically) a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids:—firkin.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a measurer, the name of a utensil known as a amphora, which is a species of measure used for liquids and containing somewhat less the nine English gallons or about (40 l)
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.