μόδιον, (modion) in Matthew 5:15: Noun Accusative Singular Masculine

Noun: the form names a person, place, thing, or concept in the clause.

Accusative: marks the noun sentence role as the context requires.

Singular: the number should be read from this occurrence, not generalized beyond the clause.

Masculine: grammatical gender marks form agreement and does not by itself make a theological claim.

Put it under

The under-basket phrase in Matthew 5:15

Names the covering or measure under which a lamp is not placed.

Do not make the object into a detailed allegory apart from the lamp illustration.

Medium: basket image

Accusative covering noun. names what the lamp is not placed under. Attached to put it under. Governed by the under-basket phrase in Matthew 5:15. Read with under a basket.

What would wrongly cover the lamp? A basket or measure is named in the under phrase.

Direct: The noun supports basket or measure according to translation style.

This occurrence must be read within Matthew 5:15, not as a standalone word study.

The witness reads μόδιον, in Matthew 5:15.

The lemma names a dry measure or basket, and here it supplies the hiding contrast.

The accusative noun stands in the phrase describing where the lamp is not placed.

The image denies hiding a lit lamp under a covering.

The form supports Jesus contrast between obscured and useful light.

Use it to show what would wrongly conceal the lamp in the illustration.

Do not derive a separate teaching about household measures from this noun alone.