Quick Definition
a water pot
Strong's Definition
a water-jar, i.e. receptacle for family supply
Derivation: from G5204 (ὕδωρ);
KJV Usage: water-pot
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑδρία ὑδρίας, ἡ (ὕδωρ), a vessel for holding water; a water-jar, water-pot: Joh_2:6; Joh_4:28. (Aristophanes, Athen., others; the Sept. for λΗΜγ. (Cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 23.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑδρία hydria 3x
a water pot pitcher, Joh_2:6-7 ; a bucket, pail, Joh_4:28
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὑδρία , -ας , ἡ ,
( < ὕδωρ ),
[in LXX for H3537 ;]
1. prop ., a water-pot or jar: Joh_2:6-7 ; Joh_4:28 .
2. More freq . in Attic = ἄγγος , a pot, urn or jar of any kind, as for holding wine, coins, etc. ( v. Rutherford, NPhr. , 23; MM , xxv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὑδρία (~ ὑδριά ) [page 648]
a water pot ( Joh_2:6 al .) : P Oxy III. 502 .37 (A.D. 164) ὑδριῶν καὶ ὅλμου , the water-pitchers and trough (Edd.). The word is frequently extended to denote a jar or pot of any kind, even one for holding money : cf. PSI IV. 428 .89 (iii/B.C.) ῥοῶν ( pomegranates ) ὑδρία ᾱ , P Oxy I. 155 .4 (vi/A.D.) ὑδρίας ἄρτων πέντε , five pans of bread, Michel 833 .100 (B.C. 279) χαλκοῦ ἐπισήμου παντοδαποῦ ἐν ὑδρίαι , and Syll 300 (= .3 646) .50 (B.C. 170) ὑδρίας σὺν ἀργυρίω [ι : see Rutherford NP , p. 23. The dim. ὑδρεῖον occurs in BGU I. 117 .5 (A.D. 189) ὑ [πάρχ ]ει μοι . . . ὑδρῖον .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ὑδρία ὑδρία, ἡ, [Etym: ὕδωρ] "a water-pot, pitcher, urn", Ar. :— proverb., ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν to break the pitcher at the door, = "there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip, " Arist. "a vessel" of any kind, "a pot of money", Ar. "the balloting urn" in the law-courts, Isocr. , Dem. "a cinerary urn", Ar. , Luc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ὑδρία, -ας, ἠ
(ὕδωρ), [in LXX for בַּד ;]
__1. prop., a water-pot or jar: Jhn.2:6, 7 John 4:28.
__2. More frequently in Attic = ἄγγυς, a pot, urn or jar of any kind, as for holding wine, coins, etc. (see Rutherford, NPhr., 23; MM, xxv).
† (AS)