ΞΕΣΤΩΝ, ξεστων
XESTŌN, xestōn
Sounds Like: kseh-STOHN
Translations: of measures, of pots, of pitchers, of jars
From the root: ΞΕΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a measure, specifically a Roman sextarius, which was a liquid or dry measure equivalent to about a pint. It can also refer to the vessel itself, such as a pot, pitcher, or jar, used for holding liquids or dry goods. In the provided context, it refers to the ritual washing of such vessels.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3589 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 4:99
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Mark — 7:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΞΕΣΤΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΞΕΣΤΑΙΣ — (to) sextarii, (to) pots, (to) pitchers
- ΞΕΣΤΗ — sextarius, a sextarius, measure, a measure
- ΞΕΣΤΗΣ — pitcher, a pitcher, jar, a jar, pot, a pot
- ΞΕΣΤΟΥ — of a sextarius, of a measure, of a pot, of a pitcher
- ΞΕΣΤΟΥΣ — pots, pitchers, sextarii
- ΞΕΣΤΩ — sextarius, a sextarius, a measure, a polished stone, a polished vessel
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