Strong's Concordance
Original word: μόδιος
Transliteration: modios
Definition (short): basket
Definition (full): modius, a dry measure of one peck
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: of Latin origin
Definition: modius, a dry measure of one peck
NASB Translation: basket (3).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Of Latin origin; a modius, i.e. Certain measure for things dry (the quantity or the utensil) -- bushel.
References
KJV:
Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
NASB:
nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.
KJV:
And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
NASB:
And He was saying to them, "A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?
KJV:
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
NASB:
"No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.