Dictionary entry

μετρητής

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

μετρητής, -οῦ, ὁ

(< μετρέω), [in LXX: III Ki 18:32 (סְאָה), II Ch 4:5, (בַּת), etc.;]

1. a measurer (Plat.).

2. = ἀμφορεύς, an Attic measure, = 1 1⁄2 Roman amphoræ or about 9 Eng. gallons: Jo 2:6.†