Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(fourth). A Greek measure equal to Hebrew bath, 4 to 6 gals. (John 2:6).
Concise Bible Dictionary:
See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Transliteration:
metretes
Meaning:
from 3354; a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids
From Manners and Customs of the Bible:
John 2:6. Six waterpots of stone....containing two or three firkins apiece.
The metretes, “firkin,” was the principal Greek liquid measure, and contained a little more than eight gallons and seven eighths. It corresponded to the Hebrew bath. See note on Ezekiel 45:10 (#584).
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