The noun modios (bushel) in the Bible

(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament)


Matthew

5: 15No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket (modios), but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.

Mark

4: 21He said to them, "Is a lamp brought in to be put under the bushel basket (modios), or under the bed, and not on the lampstand?

Luke

11: 33No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar, [nor under the bushel basket (modios)] but on the lampstand so that those who enter may see the light.