Strong G280ἄμετρος
immoderate
- Transliteration
- ametros
- Pronunciation
- am'-et-ros
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄμετρος, -ον
(μέτρον),
without measure: adverbially, εἰς τὰ ἄ., excessively, 2Co.10:13 10:15†
(AS)
(μέτρον),
without measure: adverbially, εἰς τὰ ἄ., excessively, 2Co.10:13 10:15†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G280 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- measure2
- without2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 10:13But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
- 2 Corinthians 10:15Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄμετρος, ον,
without or beyond measure, immense, κακόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.16 codices)]; opposed to μετρητός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 820c)]. adverb -τρως[Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 86c, etc.)]: neuter plural as adverb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 11.10.)]
2 immoderate, in moral sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 690e, etc.)] adverb -τρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.34.)]
3 neverceasing, τέττιγες[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 174.)]
4 disproportionate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 87e)]: superlative -ότατος most unequal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.7.)]
II without metre, prosaic, opposed to ἔμμετρος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451b1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 3, etc.)] adverb -τρως unmetrically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 4)]; not in metre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.19.)]
III ἄμετρος, ={βάτος}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.37.)]
without or beyond measure, immense, κακόν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 37.16 codices)]; opposed to μετρητός, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 820c)]. adverb -τρως[Refs ([prev. author] “Phd.” 86c, etc.)]: neuter plural as adverb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 11.10.)]
2 immoderate, in moral sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 690e, etc.)] adverb -τρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.34.)]
3 neverceasing, τέττιγες[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 174.)]
4 disproportionate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 87e)]: superlative -ότατος most unequal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Cleomedes Astronomus 1.7.)]
II without metre, prosaic, opposed to ἔμμετρος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451b1, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 3, etc.)] adverb -τρως unmetrically, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Critias Philosophus, Tragicus, Elegiacus 4)]; not in metre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.19.)]
III ἄμετρος, ={βάτος}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.37.)]