Strong G3357μετρίως
moderately
- Transliteration
- metriōs
- Pronunciation
- met-ree'-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Adverb
Definition
Adverb from a derivative of G3358; moderately that is slightly: - a little.
Detailed definition
μετρίως
adv. (μέτριος, moderate), [in LXX: 2Ma.15:1-39 *;]
moderately: litotes, οὐ μ., exceedingly, Act.20:12.†
(AS)
adv. (μέτριος, moderate), [in LXX: 2Ma.15:1-39 *;]
moderately: litotes, οὐ μ., exceedingly, Act.20:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3357 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- little1
First verses
- Acts 20:12And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: μέτριος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59d)]; Aeolic dialect μέτερρος [Refs (“Lyrica Adespota” 66)] (but μέτριος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in 1231.5))]: (μέτρον):—within measure, moderate, and so,
I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32)]; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.178)]; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 140)]; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338b)]; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 460e.)]
II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.14.)]
III mostly of Degree, moderate, ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 306; μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1059 (Lyric poetry); μ. χάρις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 554 (Lyric poetry); σῖτος -ώτατος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.3)]; τὸ μ. the mean, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1212 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 719e, “Plt.” 284e; ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295b4; περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.5; πέρα τοῦ μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.1.4; ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.656f; τὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 125 (_anapaest meter_); εἴη γ᾽ ἐμοὶ μέτρια [prev. author] “Ion” 632; τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.22; μ. καὶ δίκαια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1137)]; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 253 (_anapaest meter_); μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον [prev. author] “fragment” 503 (_anapaest meter_))]; μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6)]; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.30; βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 466b)]; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 511e; μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b26)]; οἱ μ. respectable people, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.10)]; later, poor, μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 120.7 (4th c.AD), etc.: with)]infinitive, ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b.)]
III.2 tolerable, οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 179 (Lyric poetry); ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ᾽ ἀμήχανον ἄλγος [prev. author] “El.” 140 (Lyric poetry); μ. ἄχθος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 884 (_anapaest meter_); κακά [prev. author] “Tr.” 722; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν [prev. work] 688)]; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.84; τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.4)]; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.165; ἐπὶ μετρίοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.22)]; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 181b)]; -ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289b4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 532.17 (_superlative_).)]
III.3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like, temperate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 245; - ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.89; μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 816b; σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δίαιταν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.170; ἐν τῷ σίτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.17)]; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (i.e. Ἀφροδίτης) μετέσχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 543 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 967 (Lyric poetry); εἰ δ᾽ ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ᾽ ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας [prev. author] “Hel.” 1105)]; also, moderate, fair, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 615, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396c, etc.)]; a favourite word in democratic states, μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.185; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν [prev. work]134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους)] mild towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77.)]
III.4 proportionate, fitting, μισθὸς σώφροσι μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 18b; μ. λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.3.)]
III.5 enjoying 'middling' health [Refs (compare (μετριάζω 1.3), “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).182.)]
B adverb μετρίως moderately, within due limits, ἀπηγήσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161)]; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating, εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35; λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518b; μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.171)]; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d)]; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 305d: _comparative_ μετριώτερον (below 3), also -ωτέρως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 587a1)]: superlative -ώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.88, etc.)]
B.2 enough, μ. κεχόρευται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1511 (_anapaest meter_); μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα [prev. author] “Ec.” 969)]; moderately, pretty well, ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936b; σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.19)]; μ. [λέγειν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 262; ἀποδέξασθαι μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161b.)]
B.3 modestly, temperately, χαίρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 921, compare “HF” 709; ἀποκρίνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.20; μ. βεβιωκώς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.3 (but μ. διάγειν)] to be moderately off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.8); πενθεῖν μ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 53.1; φέρειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.85.9)]; on fair terms, μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19, compare 20)]: comparative -ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.7.)]
B.4 μ. ἔχειν to be in 'middling' health, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PLips. 108.6 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
B.II neuter μέτριον and μέτρια as adverb, μέτριον ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 846c (sed to be read μέτρον); μέτρια βασανισθείς [prev. author] “Sph.” 237b)]: also with Article, τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.26; τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19, compare 8.84.)]
also ος, ον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59d)]; Aeolic dialect μέτερρος [Refs (“Lyrica Adespota” 66)] (but μέτριος [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in 1231.5))]: (μέτρον):—within measure, moderate, and so,
I of Size, μ. ἄνδρες men of average height, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.32)]; μ. πῆχυς the common cubit, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.178)]; ἰσχὰς μ. a fair-sized fig, [Refs (Diocl.fragment 140)]; of Time, μ. μῆκος λόγων the proper length of speech, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338b)]; μ. χρόνος ἀκμῆς a fair average time of maturity, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 460e.)]
II of Number, [ἱππεῖς] μ. a reasonable number of.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.14.)]
III mostly of Degree, moderate, ἔργα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 306; μ. νῦν ἔπος εὔχου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 1059 (Lyric poetry); μ. χάρις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 554 (Lyric poetry); σῖτος -ώτατος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.3)]; τὸ μ. the mean, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1212 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 719e, “Plt.” 284e; ὁμολογεῖται τὸ μ. ἄριστον καὶ τὸ μέσον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1295b4; περαιτέρω τοῦ μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.5; πέρα τοῦ μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 6.1.4; ἐνδοτέρω τοῦ μ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.656f; τὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 125 (_anapaest meter_); εἴη γ᾽ ἐμοὶ μέτρια [prev. author] “Ion” 632; τὰ μ. κεκτῆσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.22; μ. καὶ δίκαια 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1137)]; μ. φιλία a friendship not too great, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 253 (_anapaest meter_); μετρίων λέκτρων μετρίων δὲ γάμων.. κῦρσαι θνητοῖσιν ἄριστον [prev. author] “fragment” 503 (_anapaest meter_))]; μ. ἐσθῆτι χρῆσθαι simple dress, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.6)]; μετρία φυλακῇ not in strict custody, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.30; βίος μ. καὶ βέβαιος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 466b)]; μ. σχῆμα modest apparel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Grg.” 511e; μ. οὐσίαν κεκτῆσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292b26)]; οἱ μ. respectable people, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.10)]; later, poor, μ. καὶ δυστυχεῖς [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 120.7 (4th c.AD), etc.: with)]infinitive, ὅσον οἰόμεθα μέτριον εἶναι πιεῖν just sufficient, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117b.)]
III.2 tolerable, οἷς μὴ μ. αἰών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 179 (Lyric poetry); ἀπὸ τῶν μ. ἐπ᾽ ἀμήχανον ἄλγος [prev. author] “El.” 140 (Lyric poetry); μ. ἄχθος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 884 (_anapaest meter_); κακά [prev. author] “Tr.” 722; ναύταις μ. χειμὼν φέρειν [prev. work] 688)]; μετρίων δεομένῳ making a moderate request, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.84; τυχεῖν τῶν μετρίων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.4)]; τὰ μ. tolerable terms. Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.165; ἐπὶ μετρίοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.22)]; μηδὲν μ. λέγειν nothing tolerably accurate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 181b)]; -ωτάτη ἡ δημοκρατία least intolerable, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1289b4, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 532.17 (_superlative_).)]
III.3 of Persons, moderate in desires and the like, temperate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 245; - ώτεροι ἐς τὰ πολιτικά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.89; μ. πρὸς τὰς ἡδονάς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 816b; σώφρων καὶ μ. πρὸς τὴν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δίαιταν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.170; ἐν τῷ σίτῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.2.17)]; of Love, μάκαρες οἳ μ. θεοῦ (i.e. Ἀφροδίτης) μετέσχον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 543 (Lyric poetry), compare “fragment” 967 (Lyric poetry); εἰ δ᾽ ἦσθα μ. τἄλλα γ᾽ ἡδίστη θεῶν πέφυκας [prev. author] “Hel.” 1105)]; also, moderate, fair, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 615, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 396c, etc.)]; a favourite word in democratic states, μ. καὶ φιλάνθρωπος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.185; σαυτὸν -ώτερον παρέχειν [prev. work]134; μ. πρὸς τοὺς ὑπηκόους)] mild towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77.)]
III.4 proportionate, fitting, μισθὸς σώφροσι μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 18b; μ. λόγοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.3.)]
III.5 enjoying 'middling' health [Refs (compare (μετριάζω 1.3), “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(1).182.)]
B adverb μετρίως moderately, within due limits, ἀπηγήσεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.161)]; in due measure, neither exaggerating nor depreciating, εἰπεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.35; λέγειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518b; μ. περὶ αὑτῶν διαλεχθέντες 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.171)]; μ. ἔχειν to be in due proportion, neither too much nor too little, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 191d)]; μ. ἔχειν βίου to be moderately well off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32; μ. φιλοσοφίας ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 305d: _comparative_ μετριώτερον (below 3), also -ωτέρως 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 587a1)]: superlative -ώτατα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.88, etc.)]
B.2 enough, μ. κεχόρευται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1511 (_anapaest meter_); μ. πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἀνάγκην εἰρημένα [prev. author] “Ec.” 969)]; moderately, pretty well, ἐν οἰκουμένῃ καὶ μ. πολιτείᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936b; σωφρονοῦσι καὶ μ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.19)]; μ. [λέγειν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 262; ἀποδέξασθαι μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 161b.)]
B.3 modestly, temperately, χαίρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 921, compare “HF” 709; ἀποκρίνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.20; μ. βεβιωκώς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.3 (but μ. διάγειν)] to be moderately off, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.8); πενθεῖν μ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 53.1; φέρειν 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.85.9)]; on fair terms, μ. ξυναλλαγῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19, compare 20)]: comparative -ώτερον, πρός τινας φρονεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.3.7.)]
B.4 μ. ἔχειν to be in 'middling' health, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PLips. 108.6 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
B.II neuter μέτριον and μέτρια as adverb, μέτριον ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 846c (sed to be read μέτρον); μέτρια βασανισθείς [prev. author] “Sph.” 237b)]: also with Article, τὸ μέτριον ἀποκοιμηθῆναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.4.26; τὰ μέτρια διαφέρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.19, compare 8.84.)]