Strong G3358μέτρον
measure
- Transliteration
- metron
- Pronunciation
- met'-ron
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
An apparently primary word; a measure (metre) literally or figuratively; by implication a limited portion (degree): - measure.
Detailed definition
μέτρον, -ου, τό
[in LXX chiefly for מִדָּה, also for אֵיפָה, etc.;]
1. that which is used for measuring, a measure;
__(a) a vessel: fig., Mat.23:32, Luk.6:38; ἐκ μ., by measure, Jhn.3:34;
__(b) a rod or rule: Rev.21:15, 17; figuratively, Mat.7:2, Mrk.4:24.
2. That which is measured, measure: with genitive of thing(s), Rom.12:3, 2Co.10:13, Eph.4:7, 13 4:16.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for מִדָּה, also for אֵיפָה, etc.;]
1. that which is used for measuring, a measure;
__(a) a vessel: fig., Mat.23:32, Luk.6:38; ἐκ μ., by measure, Jhn.3:34;
__(b) a rod or rule: Rev.21:15, 17; figuratively, Mat.7:2, Mrk.4:24.
2. That which is measured, measure: with genitive of thing(s), Rom.12:3, 2Co.10:13, Eph.4:7, 13 4:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3358 appears in 11 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- measure11
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.
- Matthew 23:32Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- 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.
- John 3:34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
- Romans 12:3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
- 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.
- Ephesians 4:7But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:13Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
- Ephesians 4:16From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
- 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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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μέτρον, τό,
that by which anything is measured:
1 measure, rule, μέτρ᾽ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.422; ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας “hymnus ad Mercurium” 47)]; πάντ᾽ ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι is a measure of all things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 183c, compare 5th c.BC: Protagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1053a36; μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ νόμος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18.)]
1.b in Mathematics texts, measure, divisor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.13, etc.)]
2 measure of content, whether solid or liquid, δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.471; εἴκοσι δ᾽ ἔστω μ... ἀλφίτου 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.355; ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μ. χεῦε 9.209, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.268, 741, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 350, 600, etc.)]; at Samos, of the μέδιμνος, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 976.55 (2nd c.BC))]; in Egypt, of the ἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 11.6 (2nd c.BC); also of smaller units, as μ. ἑξαχοίνικον [prev. work] 105.40 (2nd c.BC))]; μέτροις καὶ σταθμοῖς by measure and weight, Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.83)]; in the widest sense, either weight or measure, Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.127)]; μ. οἰνηρά, σιτηρά, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1135a2; Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν “OGI” 579.2 (from Cilicia).)]
3 any space measured or measurable, length, size, in plural, dimensions, μέτρα κελεύθου the length of the way, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.389; μέτρα θαλάσσης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 648, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.47)]; μορφῆς μέτρα bodily dimensions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1063)]; τὰ μ. τοῦ λίθου its distances from a given point in given directions, its position, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.ά, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 843e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 23; ἄστρων μέτρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.8; ἀπέχει.. θαλάσσης μέτρον ἑξήκοντα σταδίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.95)]; τῷ Ἴστρῳ ἐκ τῶν ἴσων μ. ὁρμᾶται [ὁ Νεῖλος] starts from the same distances as (i.e. the position corresponding to the source of) the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Ister Historicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.33; εἰδέναι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν μέτρῳ καὶ τόπῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.3; ἐντὸς τῶν μ. τετμημένον μέταλλον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 35)]; later of Time, duration, μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“APl.” 4.333 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus))]; ἐτέων μέτρα, ὡράων μέτρον, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.334,9.481)]; μέτρα ἐνιαυτῶν, νυκτός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 464.731; χρονικὰ μ. 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus in “de An.” 299.37.)]
3.b limit, goal, ὅρμου μ. the goal which is the mooring-place, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.101)]; ἥβης μ. ἱκέσθαι the term which is puberty, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.225, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 132)]; but, ἥβης μ. ἔχειν full measure of youthful vigour,[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 438, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1119; σοφίης, γνωμοσύνης μ. 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.52, 16.2.)]
4 due measure or limit, proportion, μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 694; χρὴ κατ᾽ αὐτὸν παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.34; μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων [prev. author] “I.” 6(5).71; κατὰ μέτρον 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 720; πίνειν ὑπὲρ μέτρον 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 498; προστιθεὶς μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 797 (Lyric poetry))]; τί μ. κακότατος ἔφ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 236 (Lyric poetry))]; μ. ἔχει have a moderating power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 836a; πλέον πίνειν τοῦ μέτρου [prev. author] “R.” 621a; μ. ἔχειν [prev. author] “Lg.” 957a)]; μέτρῳ, ={μετρίως},{καταβαίνειν} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.78; οὐδεὶς τῷ μ. τὸ πίνειν ἔστεργε 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.32.)]
5 τίς ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα.. ἐπέθηκ᾽ checks, i.e. bits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.20.)]
II metre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 638, 641, etc.)]; opposed to μέλος (music) and ῥυθμός (time), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 502c, etc.)]; λόγους ψιλοὺς εἰς μέτρα τιθέντες putting into verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 669d; τὰ ἐν μέτρῳ πεποιημένα ἔπη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.21.)]
II.2 plural, verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 205a. (I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] *métro-m from *métro-m 'measuring instrument', cf. Gothic mitan 'measure'.)
that by which anything is measured:
1 measure, rule, μέτρ᾽ ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.422; ἐν μέτροισι ταμὼν δόνακας “hymnus ad Mercurium” 47)]; πάντ᾽ ἄνδρα πάντων χρημάτων μ. εἶναι is a measure of all things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 183c, compare 5th c.BC: Protagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1053a36; μ. αὐτῷ οὐχ ἡ ψυχή, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ νόμος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.18.)]
1.b in Mathematics texts, measure, divisor, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Nicomachus Gerasenus Mathematicus “Arithmetica Introductio” 1.13, etc.)]
2 measure of content, whether solid or liquid, δῶκεν μέθυ, χίλια μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.471; εἴκοσι δ᾽ ἔστω μ... ἀλφίτου 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.355; ὕδατος ἀνὰ εἴκοσι μ. χεῦε 9.209, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.268, 741, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 350, 600, etc.)]; at Samos, of the μέδιμνος, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 976.55 (2nd c.BC))]; in Egypt, of the ἀρτάβη, μ. δοχικόν [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PTeb.” 11.6 (2nd c.BC); also of smaller units, as μ. ἑξαχοίνικον [prev. work] 105.40 (2nd c.BC))]; μέτροις καὶ σταθμοῖς by measure and weight, Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.83)]; in the widest sense, either weight or measure, Φείδωνος τοῦ τὰ μ. ποιήσαντος Πελοποννησίοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.127)]; μ. οἰνηρά, σιτηρά, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1135a2; Κιλικίῳ μ. μετρεῖν “OGI” 579.2 (from Cilicia).)]
3 any space measured or measurable, length, size, in plural, dimensions, μέτρα κελεύθου the length of the way, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.389; μέτρα θαλάσσης 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 648, Oracle texts cited in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.47)]; μορφῆς μέτρα bodily dimensions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1063)]; τὰ μ. τοῦ λίθου its distances from a given point in given directions, its position, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.ά, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 843e, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 23; ἄστρων μέτρα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.8; ἀπέχει.. θαλάσσης μέτρον ἑξήκοντα σταδίους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.95)]; τῷ Ἴστρῳ ἐκ τῶν ἴσων μ. ὁρμᾶται [ὁ Νεῖλος] starts from the same distances as (i.e. the position corresponding to the source of) the [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Ister Historicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.33; εἰδέναι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ χώραν μέτρῳ καὶ τόπῳ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.3; ἐντὸς τῶν μ. τετμημένον μέταλλον 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 35)]; later of Time, duration, μέτρα βίοιο ἄρκια [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“APl.” 4.333 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus))]; ἐτέων μέτρα, ὡράων μέτρον, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.334,9.481)]; μέτρα ἐνιαυτῶν, νυκτός, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 464.731; χρονικὰ μ. 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus in “de An.” 299.37.)]
3.b limit, goal, ὅρμου μ. the goal which is the mooring-place, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 13.101)]; ἥβης μ. ἱκέσθαι the term which is puberty, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.225, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 132)]; but, ἥβης μ. ἔχειν full measure of youthful vigour,[Refs 6th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 438, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1119; σοφίης, γνωμοσύνης μ. 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.52, 16.2.)]
4 due measure or limit, proportion, μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 694; χρὴ κατ᾽ αὐτὸν παντὸς ὁρᾶν μέτρον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.34; μέτρα μὲν γνώμᾳ διώκων, μέτρα δὲ καὶ κατέχων [prev. author] “I.” 6(5).71; κατὰ μέτρον 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 720; πίνειν ὑπὲρ μέτρον 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 498; προστιθεὶς μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 797 (Lyric poetry))]; τί μ. κακότατος ἔφ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 236 (Lyric poetry))]; μ. ἔχει have a moderating power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 836a; πλέον πίνειν τοῦ μέτρου [prev. author] “R.” 621a; μ. ἔχειν [prev. author] “Lg.” 957a)]; μέτρῳ, ={μετρίως},{καταβαίνειν} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.78; οὐδεὶς τῷ μ. τὸ πίνειν ἔστεργε 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.32.)]
5 τίς ἱππείοις ἐν ἔντεσσιν μέτρα.. ἐπέθηκ᾽ checks, i.e. bits, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.20.)]
II metre, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 638, 641, etc.)]; opposed to μέλος (music) and ῥυθμός (time), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 502c, etc.)]; λόγους ψιλοὺς εἰς μέτρα τιθέντες putting into verse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 669d; τὰ ἐν μέτρῳ πεποιημένα ἔπη 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.21.)]
II.2 plural, verses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 205a. (I.- 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus)] *métro-m from *métro-m 'measuring instrument', cf. Gothic mitan 'measure'.)