Lexical Definition

‎בַּת‎ bath (bath) bath ^H:N
probably from the same as ‎בַּתָּה‎

bath.

• a bath or Hebrew measure (as a means of division) of liquids

1) bath, a unit of liquid measure, equal to dry measure ephah (about 9 imperial gallons or 40 litres, rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount)

See Greek: χοῖνιξ · βάτος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: bat (‎ב‎ַּ‎ת‎ "bath" בַּת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎בַּת‎ bath (a measure), ‎בָּתָה‎ see below ‎בתת‎.

II. ‎בַּת‎ noun masculine^{Ezek 45:14} (feminine^{Isa 5:10}) bath (Thes and others from above √ in sense of define, measure; compare τέμνω; Lag^{Or. ii. 10 f.} makes = ‎בדת‎, = ‎בד‎ + feminine ‎ת‎; compare Syriac , instrument for pressing olives; compare Epiphanius βάδος = ἐλαιοτριβεῖον; & βάδος also Hesychius Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»viii. 2}. 9 but ed. Niese βάτους, βάτος — ‎׳‎‎בּ‎ absolute Isa 5:10 + 6 t.; (‎בָּ֑ת‎ Ezek 45:11) construct Ezek 45:10 plural ‎בַּתִּים‎ 2Chr 2:9* (twice in verse) + 3 t.; — a liquid measure = ‎אֵיפָה‎ of dry measure, each being 1/10 ‎חֹמֶר‎ (q. v.) Ezek 45:11 (twice in verse); Ezek 45:14 (twice in verse); also Isa 5:10; 1Kgs 7:26; 1Kgs 7:38; 2Chr 2:9* (twice in verse); 2Chr 4:5 + Ezek 45:14 (twice in verse) (4 t. in this see, Co strike out a & d). Ezek 45:10 ‎בַּתצֶֿדֶק‎ a righteous (right, accurate, full) bath (|| ‎אֵיפַתצֶֿדֶק‎). The actual size of bath (= ephah) is apparentlyapproximately 40 litres (= Attic metretes compare Jos^{Ant. «JOSEPHUS:Antiquities 8:2»viii. 2}. 9; = 39.39 lit. compare Boeckh^{Metrol. Untersuch. 259 f.}; see also J. Brandis^{Münz- Mass- u. Gewichtswesen 29 f.} Smith^{Dict. Bible, article Weights & Measures} Ri^{HWB 934 f.}). — 1. ‎בַּת‎ see below ‎בֵּן‎.

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