Xestes means “pot” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3582 — kachad (“secrete”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3582 ξέστης (xestes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. xestes (xes'-tace) n. 1. a vessel (for cooking) holding a sixth of a modius (about a pint and a half or a liter) 2. (specially) a measuring cup for liquids or solids It has 2 linked Bible usages across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include vessels and hold. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
xestes (xes'-tace) n. 1. a vessel (for cooking) holding a sixth of a modius (about a pint and a half or a liter) 2. (specially) a measuring cup for liquids or solids 3. (by analogy) a pitcher [as if from xeo (properly), "to smooth"] KJV: pot Compare: G30, G2765, G4632, G5473
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pitcher
Usage: ξέστης, -ου, ὁ (a Sicilian corruption of Lat. sextarius), [in Al. : Lev.14:10 (לֹג, LXX κοτύλη)* ;] __1. a sextarius (about a pint). __2. In NT, a pitcher of wood or stone : Mrk.7:4.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render xestes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
First 2 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3582.
And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3582, grouped by book.
Xestes (Strong's G3582) is a Greek word most simply glossed "pot". xestes (xes'-tace) n. 1. a vessel (for cooking) holding a sixth of a modius (about a pint and a half or a liter) 2. (specially) a measuring cup for liquids or solids
This page currently indexes 2 linked usages for Strong's G3582 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3582 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as vessels and hold. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.