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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

ke'-niks (choinix): A Greek dry measure, almost equal to one quart. Mentioned in the New Testament only in Re 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.