BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
GREEK · G3426
modios — bucket
μοιχαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ (= Att.. μοιχάς, fem. of μοιχός), [in LXX: Pro.18:22 30:20), Eze.16:38 23:45, Hos.3:1, Mal.3:5 (נַאֲפוּף, נָאַף) * ;] an adulteress: Rom.7:3; meton., for μοιχεία, 2Pe.2:14. Metaphorical, of infidelity to God (cf. Eze.16:15 ff. Eze.23:43 ff., al.), Jas.4:4; as an adj., Mat.12:39 16:4, Mrk.8:8.† (AS)
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1805
de.li — bucket
bucket
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G502
antlēma — bucket
ἄντλημα, -τος, τό (ἀντλέω), (a) prop., what is drawn (Diosc.); (b) a vessel to draw with, a bucket (Plut.; see Abbott, Essays, 88): Jhn.4:11.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5845
a.tin — belly
belly, body, bucket, pail, breasts
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →A vessel to draw water with (Isa. 40:15); used figuratively, probably, of a numerous issue (Num. 24:7).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
