Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3358
μέτρον
metron · “measure”
Used 14 times across 8 books
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.†
[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.†
Where it appears
Matthew2
Mark1
Luke2
John1
Romans1
2 Corinthians2
Ephesians3
Revelation2
In the text
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.
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