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μετρητής

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Gloss: measure

Transliteration: metrētēs

Strong’s: G3355

μετρητής, -οῦ, ὁ
(μετρέω), [in LXX: 3Ki.18:32 (סְאָה), 2Ch.4:5, (בַּת), etc. ;]
__1. a measurer (Plat.).
__2. = ἀμφορεύς, an Attic measure, = 11⁄2 Roman amphoræ or about 9 Eng. gallons: Jhn.2:6.†
(AS)

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