5518. choinix
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choinix: a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart)
Original Word: χοῖνιξ, ικος, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: choinix
Phonetic Spelling: (khoy'-nix)
Short Definition: a Greek dry measure
Definition: a Greek dry measure, equivalent to 1.92 pints.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
of uncertain origin
Definition
a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart)
NASB Translation
quart (1), quarts (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 5518: χοῖνιξ

χοῖνιξ, χοινικος, , from Homer, Odyssey 19, 28 down, a choenix, a dry measure, containing four cotylae or two sextarii (i. e. less than our 'quart'; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word) (or as much as would support a man of moderate appetite for a day; hence, called in Athen. 3 § 20, p. 98 e. ἡμεροτροφις (cf. χοῖνιξ ἡμερήσιος τροφή, (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 18)): Revelation 6:6 (where A. V. measure (see Amos appendix ad loc.)).



Strong's
measure.

Of uncertain derivation; a choenix or certain dry measure -- measure.

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