Original Word: ξέστης, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: xestés
Phonetic Spelling: (xes'-tace)
Short Definition: a Roman measure, pitcher
Definition: a Roman measure, a pitcher or cup of any size.STRONGS NT 3582: ξέστης

ξέστης, ξεστου, ὁ (a corruption of the Latin sextarius);

1. a sextarius, i. e. a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (Josephus, Antiquities 8, 2, 9 — see βάτος; Epictetus diss. 1, 9, 33; 2, 16, 22; (Dioscor.), Galen and medical writers).

2. a wooden pitcher or ewer (Vulg.urceus (A. V. pot)) from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not: Mark 7:4, 8 (here T WH omit; Tr brackets the clause).

a pitcher, jug

As if from xeo (properly, to smooth; by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. About a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher) -- pot.

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