3582. Strong's Dictionary Study
3582. xestes {xes'-tace}; as if from xeo (properly, to smooth;
by implication [of friction] to boil or heat); a vessel (as
fashioned or for cooking) [or perhaps by corruption from the
Latin sextarius, the sixth of a modius, i.e. about a pint], i.e.
(specifically) a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a
pitcher): --pot.[ql
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