μετρητής (on the accent see Chandler § 51f), μετρητου, ὁ (μετρέω), properly, a measurer, the name of a utensil known as an amphora, which is a species of measure used for liquids and containing 72 sextarii or ξεστοι (i. e. somewhat less than nine English gallons; see B. D. under the phrase, Weights and Measures, at the end (p. 3507 American edition)) (Hebrew αΗΜϊ, 2Ch_4:5): Joh_2:6. (Polybius 2,15, 1; Demosthenes, p. 1045, 7; Aristotle, h. a. 8, 9.)

μετρητής metrētēs 1x pr. a measurer; also, metretes, Latin metreta, equivalent to the Attic ἀμφορεύς , i.e., three-fourths of the Attic μέδιμνος , and therefore equal to about nine gallons, Joh_2:6

μετρητής , -οῦ , ὁ ( < μετρέω ), [in LXX : 1Ki_18:32 ( H5429 ), 2Ch_4:5 , ( H1323 ), etc.;] 1. a measurer ( Plat .). 2. = ἀμφορεύς , an Attic measure, = 1½ Roman amphorζ or about 9 Eng. gallons: Joh_2:6 .†

μετρητής [page 406] For μετρητής , a measure of wine, as in Joh_2:6 , cf. P Gurob 8 .14 (B.C. 210) ἰκάζω δὲ τὰ τετρυγημένα εἰς οἴνου με (τρητὰς ) ς̣̄ , I estimate the grapes gathered at six metretae of wine (Ed.), and Syll 306 (= .3 672) .54 (B.C. 162 0) οἴνου μετρητὰς τεσσαράκοντα . See also P Leid D .20 (B.C. 162) (= I. p. 25) ἐλαίου μετρητήν , and P Lond 1169 iii. 6 (iii/A.D.) (=III. p. 44) Ὅμηρος ἐξάγ (ων ) ἐ (πὶ ) ὄν (ῳ ) ᾱ ἐ (λαίου ) μετ (ρητὰς ) β̄ an interesting document from which we learn that two metretae of oil were an ass s load, so that the amount of excise duty could be ascertained by counting the number of the animals. The content of the μετρητής atmounted to about 39 39 litres or 8Ύ gallons : see also Smyly in P Petr III. p. 197. For μέτρημα cf. P Oxy IX. 1221 .4 (iii/iv A.D.) τὰ μετρήματα τῆς πρὸς λίβα ἐν τῷ Παραιτονίῳ διὰ τῶν ἐκεῖ γεωργῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθος μετρεῖται , the deliveries of the western toparchy are being measured in at Paraetonium by the cultivators there according to custom (Ed.) with reference to the payment of corn-dues, and for μέτρησις cf. P Petr I. 22(2) .3 (ii/B.C.) μέτρησις ἔργων τῶν ἐν τῆι Καλλιφανοῦς μερίδι , measurement of work done in Calliphanes division, P Oxy XIV. 1671 .8 (iii/A.D.) τὸν λόγον τῆς μετρήσεως , the account of the measuring.

μετρητής μετρητής, οῦ, ὁ, [Etym: μετρέω] "a measurer", Plat. = ἀμφορεύς, a liquid measure, holding 12 χόες or 144 κοτύλαι, about 9 gallons Engl., Dem.

μετρητής, -οῦ, ὁ (μετρέω), [in LXX: 3Ki.18:32 (סְאָה), 2Ch.4:5, (בַּת), etc. ;] __1. a measurer (Plat.). __2. = ἀμφορεύς, an Attic measure, = 11⁄2 Roman amphoræ or about 9 Eng. gallons: Jhn.2:6.† (AS)