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 · G3582
xestēs — pitcher
ξέστης, -ου, ὁ (a Sicilian corruption of Lat. sextarius), [in Al. : Lev.14:10 (לֹג, LXX κοτύλη)* ;] 1. a sextarius (about a pint). 2. In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone : Mrk.7:4.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5035
ne.vel — bag
1) a skin-bag, jar, pitcher 1a) skin-bottle, skin 1b) jar, pitcher (earthen)
37 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6675
bikos — a pitcher
Oriental word for a wine-jar , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7591
echinos — hedgehog
1. the urchin, hedgehog , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 2. the sea-urchin , (Plato Philosophus) 3. the shell of the sea-urchin , often used as a cup : then like Lat. testa, a pot, jug, pitcher, Lat. echinus, (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.:—; the vase in which the notes of evidence were deposited, (Demosthenes Orator) 4. in plural sharp points at each end of a bit, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A vessel for containing liquids. In the East pitchers were usually carried on the head or shoulders (Gen. 24:15-20; Judg. 7:16, 19; Mark 14:13).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
