Choenix
Choenix
(, rendered “measure” in our version, Rev 6:6), a Greek measure of capacity, equal in dry commodities to one eighth the modius SEE BUSHEL, but varying, according to different ancient authors, from one and a half to two pints English. SEE METROLOGY.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Choenix
keniks (, chonix): A Greek dry measure, almost equal to one quart. Mentioned in the New Testament only in Rev 6:6, where the Revised Version, margin would read choenix instead of the indefinite translation measure. The verse is then obviously a threat of famine.