Strong G3426μόδιος

bucket

Transliteration: modios
Pronunciation: mod'-ee-os
Morphology: Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

Of Latin origin; a modius that is certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil): - bushel.

Detailed definition

μόδιος, ὁ,
= Latin modius, a dry measure, = 1/6 μέδιμνος, for which it is falsa lectio in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.43, compare “OGI” 533.30 (1st c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 33.)]
2 vessel of this capacity, [NT (NT.Matt.5.15.)]
II a measure of length, = 200 ὀργυιαί, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “*Geometry texts” 4.12.)]

In the Bible

Strong G3426 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

bushel3

First verses

Matthew 5:15
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Mark 4:21
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
Luke 11:33
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

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