xestes <3582>

xesthv xestes

Pronunciation:	xes'-tace
Origin:	as if from xeo (properly, to smooth, by implication [of friction] to boil or heat)
Reference:	-
PrtSpch:	n m
In Greek:	xestwn 1
In NET:	pots 1
In AV:	pot 2
Count:	2
Definition:	1) a sextarius 1a) a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (.5 litre) 2) a wooden pitcher or ewer from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not 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 analogy, a pitcher):-pot.

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