Word Summary
batos: a bath, an Israelite liquid measure
Original Word: βάτοςTransliteration: batos
Phonetic Spelling: (bat'-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: a bath, an Israelite liquid measure
Meaning: a bath, an Israelite liquid measure
Strong's Concordance
a measure for liquids.
Of Hebrew origin (bath); a bath, or measure for liquids -- measure.
see HEBREW bath
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 943: βάτος (2)βάτος (2),
βάτου,
ὁ, Hebrew
בַּת a bath (
A. V. measure), a Jewish measure of liquids containing 72 sextarii (between 8 and 9 gallons) (
Josephus, Antiquities 8, 2, 9):
Luke 16:6 (see
B. D. under the word
II. 2).