G3426: μόδιος (módios)

G3426 μόδιος (módios)

Greek

Quick Definition

μόδιος, ου, ὁ n.m. a dry measure, nearly two English gallons

Strong's Definition

of Latin origin; a modius, i.e. certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil)

KJV Usage: bushel

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μόδιος (G3426)

noun, m. | -ου

6.151 · Artifacts · Containers

basket, box a container for dry matter with a capacity of about eight liters (about two gallons) A μόδιος is variously translated as ‘basket,’ ‘bucket,’ ‘box,’ and ‘bowl.’

MAT 5:15 · MRK 4:21 · LUK 11:33

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μοιχαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ, (μοιχός), a word unknown to the earlier writ. but found in Plut., Heliod., al.; see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 452; [W. 24]; Sept. for nd8i (Ezek. xvi. 38; xxiii. 45) and ngNj0 (Hos. iii. 1; Prov. xxiv. 55 (xxx 20)); an adulteress ; a. prop.: Ro. vii. 3; ὀφθαλμοὶ μεστοὶ μοιχαλίδος, eyes always on the watch for an adulμοιχάω Ξ teress, or from which adulterous desire beams forth, 2 [ arms. It was heated red-hot by fire from within, and the Pet. ii. 14. b. As the intimate alliance of God with the people of Israel was likened to a marriage, those who relapse into idolatry are said to commit adultery or play the harlot (Ezek. xvi. 15 sqq.; xxiii. 43 sqq., etc.) ; hence μοιχαλίς is fig. equiv. to faithless to God, unclean, apostate : Jas. iv.4 [where cf. Alford]; as an adj. (cf. Matthiae § 429, 4), γενεὰ μοιχ. : Mt. xii. 39; χνὶ. 4; Mk. viii. 38. (Cf. Clem. Alex. strom. vi. c. 16 § 146 p. 292, 5 ed. Sylb.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μόδιος modios 3x

a modius, a Roman measure for things dry, containing 16 sextarii, and equivalent to about a peck (8.75 liters); in NT a corn measure, Mt. 5:15; Mk. 4:21; Lk. 11:33*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† μοιχαλίς, -ίδος, ἡ

(= Att. μοιχάς, fem. of μοιχός), [in LXX: Pr 18:22 24:55 (30:20), Ez 16:38 23:45, Ho 3:1, Ma 3:5 (נֹאֶפֶת, מְנָאֶפֶת)*;]

an adulteress: Ro 7:3; meton., for μοιχεία, II Pe 2:14. Metaph., of infidelity to God (cf. Ez 16:15 ff. Ez 23:43 ff., al.), Ja 4:4; as an adj., Mt 12:39 16:4, Mk 8:8.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

᾿μόδιος, P Heid 61° (iv/a.D.) (= Selections, p. 126), but the writer | substitutes pot for μου--παρακαλῶ [o]iv, δέσποτα, ἵνα μνημον[εἸύῃς μοι els τὰς ἁγίας σου εὐχάς. Sy// 139 (= 5. 284)" (iv/B.C.) μνημονεύων (6 δῆμος) ἀεὶ τῶν εὐεργετῶν καὶ ζώντων καὶ τετελευτηκότων may recall Heb 137. The verb is followed by the acc., as in 1 Thess 2° a/., in BGU IV. 1024%* (iv/A.D.) ἀλλὰ τόκον οὐκ ἔν[ι οὐδὲ τὴν σύνπλησιν ἐκείνων μνημονεύειν : cf. P Strass I. 414? (A.D. 250), where, in a dispute regarding an inheritance, one of the parties exclaims—od μνη[μ]ονεύω δέ, τί ἐν τῇ μεσειτίᾳ ἐγένετο, “1 do not remember what took place in the negotiation,” and receives the rejoinder—ovd μέμνησαι οὖν ; ‘do you not then remember ὃ | μοδίους δεκάπεντε, and OG/S a dry measure containing 16 sextarzz, z.e. about a peck: cf. P Thead 3255 (a.D. 307) κρίθης μοδίους τεσεί -- tero)ἐράκοντα ἐννέα μοδί(ους) μθ, P Gen I. 6217 (iv/a.p.) νίτρου 3339 (i/B.c.) σειτομετρίαν ἔδωκεν ἀνὰ πέντε μοδίους.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μόδιος (modios) — bucket. μόδιος, ὁ, = Latin modius, a dry measure, = 1/6 μέδιμνος, for which it is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+]

2. vessel of this capacity, [NT]

II. a measure of length, = 200 ὀργυιαί, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]