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Lexicon :: Strong's G3358 - metron

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μέτρον
Transliteration
metron (Key)
Pronunciation
met'-ron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
An apparently primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:632,590

Strong’s Definitions

μέτρον métron, met'-ron; an apparently primary word; a measure ("metre"), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree):—measure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G3358 in the following manner: measure (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G3358 in the following manner: measure (13x).

  1. measure, an instrument for measuring

    1. a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid

    2. a graduated staff for measuring, a measuring rod

    3. proverbially, the rule or standard of judgment

  2. determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit

    1. the required measure, the due, fit, measure

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μέτρον métron, met'-ron; an apparently primary word; a measure ("metre"), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree):—measure.
STRONGS G3358:
μέτρον, μέτρου, τό, the Sept. chiefly for מִדָּה (cf. μήτηρ), measure;
1. an instrument for measuring;
a. a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid: in proverbial discourse, μέτρειν μέτρῳ, of the measure of the benefits which one confers on others, Luke 6:38; μέτρον πεπιεσμένον καί σεσαλευμένον, figuratively equivalent to most abundant requital, ibid.; πληροῦν τό μέτρον τῶν πατέρων, to add what is lacking in order to fill up their ancestors' prescribed number of crimes, Matthew 23:32 (see πληρόω, 2 a.); ἐκ μέτρου (A. V. by measure; see ἐκ, V. 3) i. e. sparingly, John 3:34 (also ἐν μέτρῳ, Ezekiel 4:11).
b. a graduated staff for measuring, measuring-rod: Revelation 21:15; with ἀνθρώπου added (man's measure), such as men use, Revelation 21:17; hence, in proverbial discourse, the rule or standard of judgment: Matthew 7:2; Mark 4:24.
2. determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit: with a genitive of the thing received, Romans 12:3; 2 Corinthians 10:13; (Ephesians 4:7); ἐν μέτρῳ, in proportion to the measure (cf. Winers Grammar, § 48, a. 3 b. and see ἐνέργεια; others, in due measure), Ephesians 4:16; the required measure, the due, fit, measure: τῆς ἡλικίας, the proper i. e. ripe, full age (see ἡλικία, 1 c.) (of a man), Ephesians 4:13 (ἡβης, Homer, Iliad 11, 225; Odyssey 11, 317; Solon 5, 52 (Poet. Min. Gr. (edited by Gaisford) 3:135)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
4:11
Matthew
7:2; 23:32
Mark
4:24
Luke
6:38
John
3:34
Romans
12:3
2 Corinthians
10:13
Ephesians
4:7; 4:13; 4:16
Revelation
21:15; 21:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3358 matches the Greek μέτρον (metron),
which occurs 71 times in 66 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 2 / 2 (Eze 45:11–Zec 5:10)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:11 - The ephah and the bath shall be of the same measure, the bath containing one tenth of a homer,[fn] and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the homer shall be the standard measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:13 - “This is the offering that you shall make: one sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat, and one sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:14 - And you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, one sixth of an ephah, and one third of a hin of oil to moisten the flour, as a grain offering to the LORD. This is a perpetual statute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:22 - in the four corners of the court were small[fn] courts, forty cubits[fn] long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - Going on eastward with a measuring line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits,[fn] and then led me through the water, and it was ankle-deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - and these shall be its measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30 - “These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - On the south side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure, three gates, the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:34 - On the west side, which is to be 4,500 cubits, three gates,[fn] the gate of Gad, the gate of Asher, and the gate of Naphtali.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, “When will the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekel[fn] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 1:16 - Therefore, thus says the LORD, I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; my house shall be built in it, declares the LORD of hosts, and the measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:6 - And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket[fn] that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity[fn] in all the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:7 - And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket!

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:8 - And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:9 - Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:10 - Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?”

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