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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 14 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:2 - “For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with what measure G3358 you measure, it will be measured to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - “Fill up, then, the measure G3358 of the guilt of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:24 - And He was saying to them, “Beware what you listen to. [fn]By your standard G3358 of measure it will be measured to you, and more will be given to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - “Give, and it will be given to you. They will [fn]pour into your lap a good measure G3358—pressed down, shaken together, running over. For by your standard G3358 of measure it will be measured to you in return.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:34 - “For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; [fn]for He gives the Spirit without measure G3358.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:3 -

For through the grace given to me I say to each one among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound thinking, as God has allotted to each a measure G3358 of faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:13 - But we will not boast beyond our measure, but [fn]within the measure G3358 of the area of influence which God apportioned to us as a measure G3358, to reach even as far as you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:7 -

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure G3358 of Christ’s gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the [fn]full knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure G3358 of the stature [fn]which belongs to the fullness of Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - from whom the whole body, being joined and held together [fn]by what every joint supplies, according to the properly G3358 measured G3358 working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 -

And the one who spoke with me had a [fn]gold measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and its wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:17 - And he measured its wall, [fn]144 cubits, according to human [fn]measurements G3358, which are also angelic measurements.
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