John 2:6
New Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
שֵׁשׁ
shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
ὑδρία
hydría
a water-jar, i.e. receptacle for family supply
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
טׇהֳרָה
ṭohŏrâh
ceremonial purification; moral purity
יְהוּדִי
Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
אָפִיק
ʼâphîyq
properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
μετρητής
metrētḗs
a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Key Terms in This Verse
אָפִיק ʼâphîyq
properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero
Study H650 →μετρητής metrētḗs
a measurer, i.e. (specially), a certain standard measure of capacity for liquids
Study G3355 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →שֵׁשׁ shêsh
six (as an overplus beyond five or the fingers of the hand); as ord. sixth
Study H8337 →יְהוּדִי Yᵉhûwdîy
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
Study H3064 →שָׁלוֹשׁ shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
Study H7969 →Cross References
Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all...
Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
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