ὑδρία hudria · G5201
jar
ὑδρία, -ας, ἠ; (ὕδωρ), [in LXX for בַּד ; ] ; 1. prop., a water-pot or jar: Jhn.2:6, 7 John 4:28.; 2. More frequently in Attic = ἄγγυς, a pot, urn or jar of any kind, as for holding wine, coins, etc. (see Rutherford, NPhr., 23; MM, xxv).; † (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ὑδρ-ία, ἡ, ; (ὕδωρ) water-pot, pitcher, []; ὑδρίης πέρι δῆρις (compare ἀμφορίτης) [] to break the pitcher at the door, 'there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip', []; II vessel of any kind, e. g. wine-pot, []; a pot of money, []; ὑ. χαλκῆ []; ὑ. χρυσῆ, ἀργυρᾶ, []; ὑδρίαι ἄρτων πέντε bread-pans, []; II.2 balloting urn, especially in lawcourts, etc., []; II.3 cinerary urn, []; II.4 water-clock, []
Where it's used 3 times
John 2:6 · John 2:7 · John 4:28
Source: TBESG G5201; TFLSJ G5201
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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