Strong's G3582 · Greek
ξέστης
xestes · xes'-tace
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 analog
Scholarly Lexicons
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon
ξέστης (G3582)
1 **† ξέστης , -ου, ὁ (a Sicilian corruption of Lat. sextarius ), [in Al.: Le 14:10 ( לֹג , LXX κοτύλη )*;] a sextarius (about a pint). In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone: Mk 7:4 .†
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain
