Greek word · G4713

στάμνος

stamnos

jar

A jar or storage vessel for wine, oil or food.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

στάρνος, -ου (ὁ and), ἡ

[in LXX: Exodus 16:33 (צִנְצֶנֶת), 3Ki.12:24 14:3 (בַּקְבֻּק), Dan LXX Bel, 1:32 * ;]

prop., an earthen jar for racking off wine, hence, generally, a jar: Hebrews 9:4.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Hebrews 9:4

Range of meaning

A jar or storage vessel for wine, oil or food.

Against the English

KJV 'pot', ESV 'urn', BSB/WEB 'jar'. All are reasonable. 'Urn' may suggest a funeral vessel, which is not the idea.

Used elsewhere in the period

The Hebrew of Exodus 16:33 has tsintsenet, a jar, with no metal named. The Greek translation reads stamnon chrysoun hena, 'one golden jar'. Philo (On the Preliminary Studies 100) also speaks of the golden jar.

Where it appears

Hebrews · 1

  1. Hebrews 9:4 στάμνος [was the] jar

    containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

    Here: A storage jar. The word is taken from the Greek Old Testament wording of Exodus 16:33.

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