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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 in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - Go ahead, then, and complete what your ancestors started!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:24 - “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:34 - For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God[fn] gives the Spirit without limit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:3 - For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:13 - We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:7 - But to each one of us grace has been given as Christ apportioned it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 - The angel who talked with me had a measuring rod of gold to measure the city, its gates and its walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:17 - The angel measured the wall using human measurement, and it was 144 cubits[fn] thick.[fn]
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