4568. saton

Strong's Lexicon

saton: Measure

Original Word: σάτον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: saton
Pronunciation: SAH-ton
Phonetic Spelling: (sat'-on)
Definition: Measure
Meaning: a large measure equal to nearly three English gallons.

Word Origin: Of uncertain derivation, possibly from a Semitic root.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "saton," the concept of measures of flour can be related to terms like "ephah" (Strong's Hebrew 374) used in the Old Testament for similar purposes.

Usage: The term "saton" refers to a specific measure of dry volume, approximately equivalent to a peck or about 8.5 liters. In the New Testament, it is used to describe a quantity of flour.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient times, the "saton" was a common unit of measurement in the Greco-Roman world, particularly in the context of baking and cooking. It was a practical measure for household use, especially in the preparation of bread, which was a staple food. The use of "saton" in the New Testament reflects the everyday life and practices of the people during that era.

HELPS Word-studies

4568 sáton – "a large measure equivalent to nearly three English gallons" (Souter); the measure for grain, "about a peck and a half or somewhat less than one-half bushel (a bushel consists of four pecks) or approximately twelve liters in the metric system" (L & N, 1, 81.23).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
of Aramaic origin, cf. seah
Definition
seah, a (Heb.) measure (equiv. to about one and a half pecks)
NASB Translation
pecks (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 4568: σάτον

σάτον (Hebrew כְאָה, Chaldean כָאתָא, Syriac )t)S []), σατου, τό, a kind of dry measure, a modius and a half (equivalent to about a peck and a half (cf. μόδιος)) (Josephus, Antiquities 9, 4, 5 ἰσχύει δέ τό σάτον μόδιον, καί ἥμισυ ἰταλικον; cf. Genesis 18:6 (see Aq. and Symm.); Judges 6:19): Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21, (in both examples A. V. 'three measures of meal' i. e. the common quantity for 'a baking' (cf. Genesis 18:6; Judges 6:19; 1 Samuel 1:24)).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

measure.

Of Hebrew origin (c'ah); a certain measure for things dry -- measure.

see HEBREW c'ah

Forms and Transliterations

σατα σάτα σατράπαι σατράπαις σατράπας σατραπείαι σατραπειαίς σατραπειάς σατραπειών σατραπών σατράπων sata sáta

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 13:33 N-ANP
GRK: εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως
NAS: and hid in three pecks of flour until
KJV: in three measures of meal, till
INT: in of flour measures three until

Luke 13:21 N-ANP
GRK: εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία ἕως
NAS: and hid in three pecks of flour until
KJV: in three measures of meal, till
INT: in of meal measures three until

Strong's Greek 4568
2 Occurrences

σάτα — 2 Occ.