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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 13 times in 11 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:2 - For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and the measure which ye give, shall be measured to you again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:24 - And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear: With the measure which ye give, it shall be measured to you: and to you that hear shall more be given.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye give to others, it shall be measured to you again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:34 - For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for to him God giveth not the Spirit by measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:3 - For through the grace given to me, I say, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:13 - But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:7 - But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:17 - And he measured the wall of it a hundred and forty four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
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