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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 1 / 2 (Gen 18:6–Eze 45:10)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “[fn]Quickly, prepare three [fn]measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread cakes.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:36 - (Now an [fn]omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - “The length of each curtain shall be [fn]twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have [fn]the same measurements.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - “The length of each curtain shall be [fn]thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have [fn]the same measurements.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 -

‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - “You are to buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - “You shall not have in your house [fn]differing measures, a large and a small.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - “You shall have a correct and honest [fn]weight; you shall have a correct and honest [fn]measure, so that your days may be prolonged [fn]in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - The second cherub was ten cubits; both of the cherubim were of the same measurement and the same form.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - And above were valuable stones, cut according to measure, and cedar.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:37 - He made the ten stands like this: all of them had the [fn]same casting, [fn]same measure, and [fn]same form.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 -

Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of the LORD; this is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow a [fn]measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 -

So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then a [fn]measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two [fn]measures of barley for a shekel, in accordance with the word of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two [fn]measures of barley for a shekel and a [fn]measure of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold about this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - ‘I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem clean just as one wipes a bowl, wiping it and turning it upside down.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:29 - and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is baked in the pan or what is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - “Now behold, I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, [fn]twenty thousand kors of crushed wheat, twenty thousand kors of barley, [fn]twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the official of Mizpah, repaired [fn]another section in front of the ascent of the armory at the Angle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another section, from the doorway of Eliashib’s house even as far as the end of [fn]his house.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah as far as the Angle and as far as the corner.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - After [fn]them the Tekoites repaired another section in front of the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:30 - After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah carried out repairs in front of his own quarters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9 -

“Its measurement is longer than the earth

And broader than the sea.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:25 -

“When He imparted weight to the wind,

And assessed the waters by measure,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 -

Who set its measurements? Since you know.

Or who stretched the measuring line over it?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 -

You have fed them with the bread of tears,

And You have made them drink tears in [fn]large measure.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 -

[fn]Differing weights and differing measures,

Both of them are abominable to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 -

“For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one [fn]bath of wine,

And a [fn]homer of seed will yield only an [fn]ephah of grain.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The craftsman of wood extends a measuring line; he outlines it with a marker. He works it with carving knives and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of mankind, so that it may sit in a house.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 -

The LORD determined to destroy

The wall of the daughter of Zion.

He has stretched out a line,

He has not restrained His hand from [fn]destroying,

And He has caused rampart and wall to mourn;

They have languished together.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:11 - “The water you drink shall be a [fn]sixth of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a thread of flax and a measuring [fn]rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 -

And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the [fn]temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six [fn]cubits, [fn]each of which was a [fn]cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the [fn]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:10 - The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - [fn]It had three guardrooms on each side; and its side pillars and its porches [fn]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits, and the width twenty-five cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 -

Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches according to [fn]those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 -

Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - Its guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And [fn]the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 -

Then he brought me into the inner courtyard toward the east. And he measured the gate according to those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - Its guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And [fn]the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 -

Then he brought me to the north gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11 - And the way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north; according to their length, so was their width, and all their exits were according to their building plans and openings.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured on the east side with the measuring [fn]rod: five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured on the north side: five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - On the south side he measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned to the west side and measured five hundred rods with the measuring rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 -

“And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a [fn]cubit and a hand width): the [fn]base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge all around one span; and this shall be the height of the [fn]base of the altar.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 -

“You shall have accurate balances, an accurate [fn]ephah, and an accurate [fn]bath.


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