Lexical Summary modios: modius, a dry measure of one peck Original Word: μόδιοςTransliteration: modios Phonetic Spelling: (mod'-ee-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: modius, a dry measure of one peck Meaning: modius, a dry measure of one peck Strong's Concordance bushel. Of Latin origin; a modius, i.e. Certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil) -- bushel. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3426: μόδιοςμόδιος, μοδιου, ὁ, the Latinmodius, a dry measure holding 16 sextarii (or one sixth of the Attic medimnus; commentary Nepos, Attic 2 (i. e. about a peck, A. V. bushel; cf. BB. DD. under the phrase, Weights and Measures)): Matthew 5:15; Mark 4:21; Luke 11:33. |