noun · feminine

hudrias

Greekὑδρία (hudria)

Strong’sG5201

a water pot

stem hudri-3 times in the New Testament3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

jars1×water jar1×water jars1×

What it means

ὑδρία, -ας, ἠ

(< ὕδωρ), [in LXX for כַּד;]

1. prop., a water-pot or jar: Jo 2:6, 7 4:28.

2. More freq. in Attic = ἄγγος, a pot, urn or jar of any kind, as for holding wine, coins, etc. (v. Rutherford, NPhr., 23; MM, xxv).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5201 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhoo-dree-ah'

a water-jar, i.e. receptacle for family supply

Fromfrom G5204;

King Jameswater-pot.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hudrias	hudriais1×ὑδρίαι
object accusative	hudrian1×ὑδρίαν	hudriain1×ὑδρίας
direct address vocative	hudriar	hudriair
of, belonging to genitive	hudriau	hudriaiu
to, for dative	hudria	hudriai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hudristem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hudria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

hudrian“water jar”objectaccusative singular1×

John 4:28“water jar”afiēkata oun tan hudrian autau tas gunaikas kai aperchata eis tan politan kai legatō toi anthrōpoi;Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

hudriais“water jars”subjectnominative plural1×

John 2:6“water jars”ale de ekei lithinais hudriais hex kata ton katharismon toiu Ioudaioiu keierōtais, chōrarōtais ana metrētoin duo ē treis.Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

hudriain“jars”objectaccusative plural1×

John 2:7“jars”legatō autoi tos Iēsus; Gemizavar tain hudriain hudōreu; kai gemizala autain heōs anō.Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.