FIRKIN.See Weights and Measures.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Firkin. See Weights and Measures.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
fûr?kin (μετρητής, metrētḗs): The liquid measure used in Joh_2:6 to indicate the capacity of the water-pots mentioned in the narrative of the miracle of turning the water into wine. It is regarded as equivalent to the Hebrew bath, and thus contained about nine gallons. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Firkin
(μετρητής, a measurer, occurs only in Joh_2:6), a metretes, i.e. the Attic AMPHORA, a -measure for liquids, equivalent to thee Hebrew BATH, and containing about 8S gallons (Smith's Diet. of Class. Antiq. S. v. Metretes). SEE METROLOGY.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.