μετρ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ,

I measurer, Id. Just. 373a; μετρηταὶ στρατοπέδων, = Lat. metatores castrorum, J. BJ 5.2.1.

II a liquid measure, = ἀμφορεύς, Philyll. 7, D. 42.20, Sosith. 2.8 (s. v.l.), IG 12(3).436.13 (Thera, iv B. C.), Arist. HA 596a7, Hero *Mens. 9, etc.; of the Hebrew bath, LXX 3 Ki. 18.32, al., Joh 2:6.

μετρητής metrētēs 1x

    pr. a measurer; also, metretes, Latin metreta, equivalent to the Attic ἀμφορεύς, i.e., three-fourths of the Attic μέδιμνος, and therefore equal to about nine gallons, Joh 2:6

G3355 — μετρητής

(on the accent see Chandler § 51f), μετρητου, ὁ (μετρέω), properly, a measurer, the name of a utensil known as an amphora, which is a species of measure used for liquids and containing 72 sextarii or ξεστοι (i. e. somewhat less than nine English gallons; see B. D. under the phrase, Weights and Measures, at the end (p. 3507 American edition)) (Hebrew בַּת, 2Ch 4:5): Joh 2:6. (Polybius 2,15, 1; Demosthenes, p. 1045, 7; Aristotle, h. a. 8, 9.)

μετρητής , - οῦ , ὁ

( < μετρέω ),

[in LXX : 1Ki 18:32 (H5429), 2Ch 4:5, (H1323), etc.;]

1. a measurer ( Plat .).

2. = ἀμφορεύς , an Attic measure, = 1½ Roman amphoræ or about 9 Eng. gallons: Joh 2:6. †

詞類次數：名詞（1）

原文字根：量（器） 相當於：H5845（עֲטִין‎）

字義溯源：量器，桶，量；源自（G3354（μετρέω）=量）；而G3354（μετρέω）出自（G3358（μέτρον）*=分量）。參讀G3358（μέτρον）同源字

出現次數：總共（1）；約（1）

譯字彙編：

1）桶（1）約2:6