G4568
G4568 — σάτον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
saton (sat'-on) n.
1. a certain measure for things dry
[of Hebrew origin (H5429)]
KJV: measure
Root(s): H5429
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
measure
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σάτον (Hebrew ëÀàÈä, Chaldean ëÈàúÈà, Syriac )t)S []), σατου, τό, a kind of dry measure, a modius and a half (equivalent to about a peck and a half (cf. μόδιος)) (Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 5 ἰσχύει δέ τό σάτον μόδιον, καί ἥμισυ ἰταλικον; cf. Gen 18:6 (see Aq. and Symm.); Jdg 6:19): Mat 13:33; Luk 13:21, (in both examples A. V. ’three measures of meal’ i. e. the common quantity for ’a baking’ (cf. Gen 18:6; Jdg 6:19; 1Sa 1:24)).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
σάτον (measure)
Matthew 13:33
- KJV: Another parable spake he unto them The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened
- GK: άλλην παραβολήν ελάλησεν αυτοίς ομοία εστίν η βασιλεία των ουρανών ζύμη ην λαβούσα γυνή ενέκρυψεν εις αλεύρου σάτα τρία εώς ου εζυμώθη όλον
Luke 13:21
- KJV: It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened
- GK: ομοία εστί ζύμη ην λαβούσα γυνή έκρυψεν εις αλεύρου σάτα τρία έως ου εζυμώθη όλον