Biblical Greek

greek #4568 - σάτον, ου, τό saton (seah)

Original Word:	σάτον, ου, τό
Transliteration:	saton
Definition:	seah, a (Hebrew) measure (equiv. to about one and a half pecks)
Part of Speech:	Noun, Neuter
Phonetic Spelling:	(sat'-on)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

measure.

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

see HEBREW c'ah

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

Strong's 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 ἰσχύειδέτόσάτονμόδιον, καίἥμισυἰταλικον; 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)).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Greek: 4568. σάτον (saton) — 2 Occurrences

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

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