STRONGS NUMBER H1324

H1324. bath

II. בַּת‎ bath (a measure), בָּתָה‎ see below בתת‎.

II. בַּת‎ noun masculine^{Ezekiel 45:14} (feminine^{Isaiah 5:10}) bath (Thes and others from above √ in sense of define, measure; compare τέμνω; Lag^{Or. ii. 10 f.} makes = בדת‎, = בד‎ + feminine ת‎; compare Syriac , instrument for pressing olives; compare Epiphanius βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; & βάδος also Hesychius Jos^{Ant. viii. 2}. 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος — ׳בּ‎ absolute 5:10 6t.; (בָּ֑ת‎ Ezekiel 45:11) construct 45:10; plural בַּתִּים‎2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse) + 3t.; — a liquid measure = אֵיפָה‎ of dry measure, each being 1/10 חֹמֶר‎ (q. v.) Ezekiel 45:11 (twice in verse); 45:14 (twice in verse); also Isaiah 5:10; 1 Kings 7:26, 38; 2 Chronicles 2:9 (twice in verse); 4:5 + Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) (4 t. in this see, Co strike out a & d). 45:10 בַּתצֶֿדֶק‎ a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath ("" אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק‎). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is apparentlyapproximately 40 litres (= Attic metretes compare Jos^{Ant. viii. 2}. 9; = 39.39 lit. compare Boeckh^{Metrol. Untersuch. 259 f.}; see also J. Brandis^{Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f.} Smith^{Dict. Bible, article Weights & Measures} Ri^{HWB 934 f.}). — 1. בַּת‎ see below בֵּן‎.