Lexical Summary choinix: a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart) Original Word: χοῖνιξTransliteration: choinix Phonetic Spelling: (khoy'-nix) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart) Meaning: a choenix (a dry measure of less than a quart) Strong's Concordance measure. Of uncertain derivation; a choenix or certain dry measure -- measure. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5518: χοῖνιξχοῖνιξ, χοινικος, ἡ, from Homer, Odyssey 19, 28 down, a choenix, a dry measure, containing four cotylae or two sextarii (i. e. less than our 'quart'; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word) (or as much as would support a man of moderate appetite for a day; hence, called in Athen. 3 § 20, p. 98 e. ἡμεροτροφις (cf. ἡ χοῖνιξ ἡμερήσιος τροφή, (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 18)): Revelation 6:6 (where A. V. measure (see Amos appendix ad loc.)). |
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