Strong G3354μετρέω
to measure
- Transliteration
- metreō
- Pronunciation
- met-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3358; to measure (that is ascertain in size by a fixed standard); by implication to admeasure (that is allot by rule); figuratively to estimate: - measure mete.
Detailed definition
μετρέω, -ῶ
(μέτρον), [in LXX: Exo.16:18, Num.35:5, Rut.3:15, Isa.40:12, (מָדַד), Da Th Dan.5:26 (מָדַד), Wis.4:8 *;]
1. to measure, of space, number, value, etc.: with accusative of thing(s), Rev.11:2 21:15, 17; with dative instr., Rev.11:1 21:16. Metaphorical, ἑαυτὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, 2Co.10:12.
2. to measure out, give by measure: prov., ἐν ὧ μέτρῳ κ.τ.λ., Mat.7:2, Mrk.4:24, Luk.6:38 (WH, mg., cf. ἀντι-μετρέω).†
(AS)
(μέτρον), [in LXX: Exo.16:18, Num.35:5, Rut.3:15, Isa.40:12, (מָדַד), Da Th Dan.5:26 (מָדַד), Wis.4:8 *;]
1. to measure, of space, number, value, etc.: with accusative of thing(s), Rev.11:2 21:15, 17; with dative instr., Rev.11:1 21:16. Metaphorical, ἑαυτὸν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, 2Co.10:12.
2. to measure out, give by measure: prov., ἐν ὧ μέτρῳ κ.τ.λ., Mat.7:2, Mrk.4:24, Luk.6:38 (WH, mg., cf. ἀντι-μετρέω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3354 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- measure7
- mete3
First verses
- Matthew 7:2For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- Mark 4:24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
- Luke 6:38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
- 2 Corinthians 10:12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
- Revelation 11:1And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
- Revelation 11:2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
- Revelation 21:15And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
- Revelation 21:16And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
- Revelation 21:17And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μετρ-έω,
Heraclean I plural imperfect ἐμετρίωμες [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 2.45:)]present participle passive μετριώμεναι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work = 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta”] 1.22, 28)]: (μέτρον):—measure:
I of Space, measure, i. e. pass over, traverse, πέλαγος μέγα μετρήσαντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.179)]; προτέρω μετρεῖν (i.e. θάλασσαν) to sail farther, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.915, compare 4.1779)]:—in middle, ἅλα μετρήσασθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.157)]; μετρούμενον ἴχνη τὰ κείνου measuring them with the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 5)]:—passive, to be measured, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 209)]; to be measured round, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 197.)]
II of Time, μακροὶ.. ἂν μετρηθεῖεν χρόνοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 561.)]
III of Number, Size, Worth, etc.,
III.1 count, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 142; ἐπ᾽ ᾐόνι κύματα μ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.60, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 4.3b.10 (assuming variant, 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
III.2 measure, χώρην ὀργυιῇσι, σταδίοισι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.6; χώρας κατὰ παρασάγγας [prev. author] 6.42)]; τῇ γαστρὶ μ. τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν measure happiness by sensual enjoyments, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296; μ. πορφύρᾳ τὸ εὔδα᾽ μον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 15, etc.)]; ὁπηνίκ᾽ ἂν εἲκοσι ποδῶν μετροῦντι τὸ στοιχεῖον ᾖ when you measure it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 119.7, compare 9; ἀριθμεῖν τἀγαθὰ καὶ μετρεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348a; μ. καὶ ἀριθμεῖν καὶ ἱστάναι [prev. work] 602d)]: —passive, Πόντος.. καὶ Ἑλλήσποντος οὕτω μοι μεμετρέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.86; μετρεῖσθαι πρὸς ἄλληλα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284d, etc.)]
III.2.b in Mathematics texts, of magnitudes or numbers, measure, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 273b12, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 7 “Def.” 14, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.13)] (_active_ and _passive_), etc.; μετρηθῆναι κοινῷ μέτρῳ πρός.. to be commensurable with, [prev. passage]
III.3 measure out, τἄλφιτ᾽ ἐν ἀγορᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1009, compare “Ach.” 548 (_passive_))]; πώλοισι χόρτον μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 772; μέτρησον εἰρήνης τί μοι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1021)]; μετρεῖν τὴν ἴσην give measure for measure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.18.2)]; ἢ μετάδος ἢ μέτρησον ἢ τιμὴν λαβέ lend by measure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 26)]:—middle, to have measured out to oneself, in buying or borrowing, εὖ μετρεῖσθαι παρὰ γείτονος get good measure from one's neighbour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 349; τὰ ἄλφιτα καθ᾽ ἡμίεκτον μετρούμενοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.5, “SIG” 976.61 (Samos, 2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 48.)]
III.4 deliver, pay, of corn and other measurable commodities, σῖτόν τινι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.20, “PHib.” 1.39.3 (3rd c.BC); ἔλαιον [prev. work] 131 (3rd c.BC))]:—middle, receive in payment, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 103 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
IV moderate, of pain, [Refs (Palladius Medicus “in Hippocratem” 12.273 C.)]
Heraclean I plural imperfect ἐμετρίωμες [Refs (“Tab.Heracl.” 2.45:)]present participle passive μετριώμεναι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work = 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta”] 1.22, 28)]: (μέτρον):—measure:
I of Space, measure, i. e. pass over, traverse, πέλαγος μέγα μετρήσαντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.179)]; προτέρω μετρεῖν (i.e. θάλασσαν) to sail farther, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.915, compare 4.1779)]:—in middle, ἅλα μετρήσασθαι [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Moschus Bucolicus 2.157)]; μετρούμενον ἴχνη τὰ κείνου measuring them with the eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 5)]:—passive, to be measured, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 209)]; to be measured round, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 197.)]
II of Time, μακροὶ.. ἂν μετρηθεῖεν χρόνοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 561.)]
III of Number, Size, Worth, etc.,
III.1 count, [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 142; ἐπ᾽ ᾐόνι κύματα μ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.60, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 4.3b.10 (assuming variant, 6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus).)]
III.2 measure, χώρην ὀργυιῇσι, σταδίοισι, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.6; χώρας κατὰ παρασάγγας [prev. author] 6.42)]; τῇ γαστρὶ μ. τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν measure happiness by sensual enjoyments, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296; μ. πορφύρᾳ τὸ εὔδα᾽ μον 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 15, etc.)]; ὁπηνίκ᾽ ἂν εἲκοσι ποδῶν μετροῦντι τὸ στοιχεῖον ᾖ when you measure it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 119.7, compare 9; ἀριθμεῖν τἀγαθὰ καὶ μετρεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 348a; μ. καὶ ἀριθμεῖν καὶ ἱστάναι [prev. work] 602d)]: —passive, Πόντος.. καὶ Ἑλλήσποντος οὕτω μοι μεμετρέαται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.86; μετρεῖσθαι πρὸς ἄλληλα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 284d, etc.)]
III.2.b in Mathematics texts, of magnitudes or numbers, measure, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Caelo” 273b12, 3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra 7 “Def.” 14, 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.13)] (_active_ and _passive_), etc.; μετρηθῆναι κοινῷ μέτρῳ πρός.. to be commensurable with, [prev. passage]
III.3 measure out, τἄλφιτ᾽ ἐν ἀγορᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1009, compare “Ach.” 548 (_passive_))]; πώλοισι χόρτον μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 772; μέτρησον εἰρήνης τί μοι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1021)]; μετρεῖν τὴν ἴσην give measure for measure, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 2.18.2)]; ἢ μετάδος ἢ μέτρησον ἢ τιμὴν λαβέ lend by measure, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Theopompus Comicus 26)]:—middle, to have measured out to oneself, in buying or borrowing, εὖ μετρεῖσθαι παρὰ γείτονος get good measure from one's neighbour, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 349; τὰ ἄλφιτα καθ᾽ ἡμίεκτον μετρούμενοι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.37, compare 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 6.5, “SIG” 976.61 (Samos, 2nd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 48.)]
III.4 deliver, pay, of corn and other measurable commodities, σῖτόν τινι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 46.20, “PHib.” 1.39.3 (3rd c.BC); ἔλαιον [prev. work] 131 (3rd c.BC))]:—middle, receive in payment, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. work] 103 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
IV moderate, of pain, [Refs (Palladius Medicus “in Hippocratem” 12.273 C.)]