Strong's Lexicon
G3426 — μόδιος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3426 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μόδιος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | of Latin origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | modios |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mod'-ee-os |
| Meaning: | 1. a modius, i.e. certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil) |
| KJV Renderings: | bushel |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μόδιος, μοδιου, ὁ, the Latinmodius, a dry measure holding 16 sextarii (or one sixth of the Attic medimnus; commentary Nepos, Attic 2 (i. e. about a peck, A. V. bushel; cf. BB. DD. under the phrase, Weights and Measures)): Mat 5:15; Mar 4:21; Luk 11:33.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μόδιος (bushel)
Matthew 5:15
- KJV: Neither light a candle and put it under a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house
- GK: ουδέ καίουσι λύχνον και τιθέασιν αυτόν υπό τον μόδιον αλλ΄ επί την λυχνίαν και λάμπει πάσι τοις εν τη οικία
Mark 4:21
- KJV: And he said unto them Is a candle brought to be put under bushel or under a bed and not to be set on a candlestick
- GK: και έλεγεν αυτοίς μήτι ο λύχνος έρχεται ίνα υπό τον μόδιον τεθή η υπό την κλίνην ουχ ίνα επί την λυχνίαν επιτεθή
Luke 11:33
- KJV: No man when he hath lighted a candle putteth in a secret place neither under a bushel but on a candlestick that they which come in may see the light
- GK: ουδείς δε λύχνον άψας εις κρυπτόν τίθησιν ουδέ υπό τον μόδιον αλλ΄ επί την λυχνίαν ίνα οι εισπορευόμενοι το φέγγος βλέπωσιν
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