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Strong's #3355: metretes (pronounced met-ray-tace')

from 3354; a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids:--firkin.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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metrētēs

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)

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: from G3354




Usage:

This word is used 1 times:

John 2:6: "two or three firkins apiece."









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