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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 BoxMat 7:2 - in quo enim iudicio iudicaveritis iudicabimini et in qua mensura mensi fueritis metietur vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - et vos implete mensuram patrum vestrorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:24 - et dicebat illis videte quid audiatis in qua mensura mensi fueritis remetietur vobis et adicietur vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - date et dabitur vobis mensuram bonam confersam et coagitatam et supereffluentem dabunt in sinum vestrum eadem quippe mensura qua mensi fueritis remetietur vobis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:34 - quem enim misit Deus verba Dei loquitur non enim ad mensuram dat Deus Spiritum

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:3 - dico enim per gratiam quae data est mihi omnibus qui sunt inter vos non plus sapere quam oportet sapere sed sapere ad sobrietatem unicuique sicut Deus divisit mensuram fidei

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:13 - nos autem non in inmensum gloriabimur sed secundum mensuram regulae quam mensus est nobis Deus mensuram pertingendi usque ad vos

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:7 - unicuique autem nostrum data est gratia secundum mensuram donationis Christi

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - donec occurramus omnes in unitatem fidei et agnitionis Filii Dei in virum perfectum in mensuram aetatis plenitudinis Christi

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - ex quo totum corpus conpactum et conexum per omnem iuncturam subministrationis secundum operationem in mensuram uniuscuiusque membri augmentum corporis facit in aedificationem sui in caritate

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:17 - et mensus est murus eius centum quadraginta quattuor cubitorum mensura hominis quae est angeli
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