Word Summary
choinix: a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart)
Original Word: χοῖνιξTransliteration: choinix
Phonetic Spelling: (khoy'-nix)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart)
Meaning: a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart)
Strong's Concordance
measure.
Of uncertain derivation; a choenix or certain dry measure -- measure.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5518: χοῖνιξχοῖνιξ,
χοινικος,
ἡ, from
Homer, Odyssey 19, 28 down,
a choenix, a dry measure, containing four cotylae or two sextarii (i. e. less than our 'quart'; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word) (or as much as would support a man of moderate appetite for a day; hence, called in
Athen. 3 § 20, p. 98 e.
ἡμεροτροφις (cf.
ἡ χοῖνιξ ἡμερήσιος τροφή, (
Diogenes Laërtius 8, 18)):
Revelation 6:6 (where
A. V. measure (see Amos appendix ad loc.)).