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Pot
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
was a Sicilian corruption of the Latin liquid measure sextarius, about a pint; in Mark 7:4 (ver. 8 also in some mss.) it denotes "a pitcher," of wood or stone.
primarily "an earthen jar" for racking off wine, hence, "any kind of jar," occurs in Hebrews 9:4 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Pot'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/p/pot.html. 1940.