Quick Definition
ξέστης, ου, ὁ n.m. a Roman measure, pitcher
Strong's Definition
as if from xeo (properly, to smooth; by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint), i.e. (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)
KJV Usage: pot
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου
6.126 · Artifacts · Containers
pitcher, jar (a borrowing based on Latin sextarius, a Roman measure equal to about a half liter, one pint) a kind of small pitcher or jar
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ξέστης, -ov, 6,(a corruption of the Lat. sextarius) ; 1. a sextarius, i. e. a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (Joseph. antt. 8, 2, 9—see βάτος; Epict. diss. 1, 9, 33; 2, 16, 22; [Dioscor.], Galen and med. writ.). 2. a wooden pitcher or ewer (Vulg. urceus [ A. V. pot]) from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not: Mk. vii. 4, 8 [here TWH om. Tr br. the cl.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χέστης xestēs 1x
a sextarius, a Roman measure, containing about one pint English; in NT used for a small vessel, cup, pot, Mk. 7:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† ξέστης, -ου, ὁ
(a Sicilian corruption of Lat. sextarius), [in Al.: Le 14:10 (לֹג, LXX κοτύλη)*;]
a sextarius (about a pint).
In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone: Mk 7:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ξέστης (Edd.). For the compound ἐπίξενος, see the receipt for “alien” tax on an ostracon of A.D. 63 reproduced in LAE Ρ. I1I1—Gméxwv παρὰ σοῦ τέλες (1. τέλος) ἐπιξένου Θῶυθ καὶ Φαῶφι (δραχμὰς) β, “I have received from you alien tax (for the months) Thoyth and Phaophi 2 drachmae,” and for ξενικός cf. P Hal 118 (mid. iii/B.c.) ἐν [rots] ξεν[ι]κοῖς δικαστη[ρί]οις with the editor’s note p. 95 ff. The subst. ξενιτεία, as in Wisd 18%, is found in Aristeas 249 ἡ δὲ ξενιτεία τοῖς μὲν πένησι καταφρόνησιν ἐργάζεται, τοῖς δὲ πλουσίοις ὄνειδος ὡς διὰ κακίαν ἐκπεπτωκόσιν, ‘residence in a foreign country brings contempt upon the poor man and disgrace on the rich, as though they were in exile for a crime” (Thackeray), and for the verb ξενιτεύω cf, 2. 257 πρὸς ods ξενιτεύει, “among whom thou sojournest” (zd.). Both subst. and verb are common in Vett. Valens. The subst. survives in MGr = “" foreign land,” and the verb “emigrate.” MGr ξένος, ‘‘strange,”’ “stranger.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ξέστης (xestēs) — pitcher. ξέστ-ης, ου, ὁ, formed from Latin sextarius, a Roman measure nearly = 1 pint, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. pitcher, cup, [NT+3rd c.AD+], Harp.Astr.in [Refs]