What does βάτος (bátos) mean in the Bible?
βάτος (bátos) is a Greek word meaning "a bath, or measure for liquids".
Greek · G943
βάτος
A bath, or measure for liquids
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βάτος G943
Pronunciation bátos
What does βάτος (bátos) mean in the Bible?
βάτος (bátos) is a Greek word meaning "a bath, or measure for liquids".
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How does the BSB render G943?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [measures] (1).
Where does βάτος (bátos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 16:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
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How English Renders It [measures] 1× Luke 16:6
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First aligned row Luke 16:6
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
βάτους 1x batous Luke 16:6
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 16:6
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a bath, or measure for liquids
Source Gloss
a bath, or measure for liquids
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
bath, a Jewish liquid measure, = μετρητής (which see), or about 8 3/4 gals.: Luk.16:6.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 16:6 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
βάτους batouv
a "bath," a liquid measure between eight and nine gallons
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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H1324 Related Hebrew
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain