is used in the Auth. Vers. to express the Greek
ìüäéïò
, Latin modius, a Roman measure for dry articles, equal to one sixth of the Attic medimnus (see Smith's Dict. of Class. Antiq. s.v. Modius), and containing 1 gall. 7,8576 pints, or nearly one peck English measure (Mat_5:15; Mar_4:21; Luk_11:33). SEE MEASURE.