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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs[fn] of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:36 - (An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - All the curtains are to be the same size—twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - All eleven curtains are to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:35 - “ ‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:14 - Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:15 - You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:11 - Above were high-grade stones, cut to size, and cedar beams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:37 - This is the way he made the ten stands. They were all cast in the same molds and were identical in size and shape.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the LORD. This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah[fn] of the finest flour will sell for a shekel[fn] and two seahs[fn] of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. So a seah of the finest flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, as the LORD had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - It happened as the man of God had said to the king: “About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:13 - I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line used against Samaria and the plumb line used against the house of Ahab. I will wipe out Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:29 - They were in charge of the bread set out on the table, the special flour for the grain offerings, the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:10 - I will give your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, twenty thousand cors[fn] of ground wheat, twenty thousand cors[fn] of barley, twenty thousand baths[fn] of wine and twenty thousand baths of olive oil.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section, from a point facing the ascent to the armory as far as the angle of the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:20 - Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:21 - Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the entrance of Eliashib’s house to the end of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:24 - Next to him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from Azariah’s house to the angle and the corner,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:27 - Next to them, the men of Tekoa repaired another section, from the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:30 - Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berekiah made repairs opposite his living quarters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:9 - Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:25 - When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 - Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:10 - Differing weights and differing measures— the LORD detests them both.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:10 - A ten-acre vineyard will produce only a bath[fn] of wine; a homer[fn] of seed will yield only an ephah[fn] of grain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:13 - The carpenter measures with a line and makes an outline with a marker; he roughs it out with chisels and marks it with compasses. He shapes it in human form, human form in all its glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD determined to tear down the wall around Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:11 - Also measure out a sixth of a hin[fn] of water and drink it at set times.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:16 - He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze; he was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[fn] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:10 - Inside the east gate were three alcoves on each side; the three had the same measurements, and the faces of the projecting walls on each side had the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - Its alcoves—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 - Then he led me to the south side and I saw the south gate. He measured its jambs and its portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 - Then he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 - Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 - Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11 - with a passageway in front of them. These were like the rooms on the north; they had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions. Similar to the doorways on the north

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring rod; it was five hundred cubits.[fn][fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side; it was five hundred cubits[fn] by the measuring rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - Then he turned to the west side and measured; it was five hundred cubits by the measuring rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits,[fn] that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span[fn] around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - You are to use accurate scales, an accurate ephah[fn] and an accurate bath.[fn]

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