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μόδιος

Transliteration: modios · noun

3x in NTFirst: Matt 5:15
Meaninga dry measure, nearly two English gallons
Part of speechnoun
Frequency3x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsμόδιον
Example versesMatt 5:15 · Mark 4:21 · Luke 11:33
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What kind of word is μόδιος?

μόδιος (modios) is a noun that occurs 3 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “a dry measure, nearly two English gallons” and first appears in Matt 5:15.

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