Lexicon batos: a bath, an Israelite liquid measure Original Word: βάτος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: batos Phonetic Spelling: (bat'-os) Short Definition: a bath, a liquid measure between eight and nine gallons Definition: a bath, a liquid measure among the Jews, containing 72 sextarii, that is, between eight and nine gallons. HELPS word-Studies 943 bátos – a liquid measure, between eight and nine gallons (72 sextarii, Souter). A bath (batos) was divided into 6 hina (about a gallon each), or 12 logs (about a half-gallon each). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof Hebrew origin bathDefinitiona bath, an Isr. liquid measure NASB Translationmeasures (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 943: βάτος (2)βάτος (2), βάτου, ὁ, Hebrew בַּת a bath ( A. V. measure), a Jewish measure of liquids containing 72 sextarii (between 8 and 9 gallons) ( Josephus, Antiquities 8, 2, 9): Luke 16:6 (see B. D. under the word II. 2).
Strong's a measure for liquids. Of Hebrew origin (bath); a bath, or measure for liquids -- measure. see HEBREW bath |
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