Bucket
ἄντλημαStrong’s G0502antlēma
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Antlēma is the Greek word usually translated “draw with”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?”
Meaning
Usually translated “draw with”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to draw with 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἄντλημα antlēma · bucket
ἄντλημα, -τος, τό (ἀντλέω), (a) prop., what is drawn (Diosc.); (b) a vessel to draw with, a bucket (Plut.; see Abbott, Essays, 88): Jhn.4:11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bucket” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BUCK'ET, noun
- The vessel in which water is drawn out of a well; it is nearly in the form of a pail.
- A vessel or pail used at sea to draw water up at the side of a ship, for washing the decks, etc.
- A vessel made of leather, nearly in the form of a pail, but narrower and deeper, used to convey water by hand for extinguishing fires.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.