Bath
βάτοςStrong’s G0943batos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Batos is the Greek word usually translated “baths”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.”
Meaning
Usually translated “baths”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- baths 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
βάτος batos · bath
βάτος, -ου, ὁ (Heb. בַּת), [in LXX (also βαίθ, βάδος): II Est.7:22 * ;] bath, a Jewish liquid measure, = μετρητής (which see), or about 8 3/4 gals.: Luk.16:6.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
B'ATH, noun
- A place for bathing; a convenient vat or receptacle of water for persons to plunge or wash their bodies in.
- A place in which heat is applied to a body immersed in some substance.
- A house for bathing.
- A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or seven gallons and four pints, as a measure for liquids; and three pecks and three pints, as a dry measure.
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.