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3358 – μέτρον (metron)

measure


Type:
Noun
neut. ♁
Greek: μέτρον (metron)
Pronunciation: met-ron
Gematria: 565(40 + 5 + 300 + 100 + 70 + 50)    words with the same gematria
Origin: An apparently primary word
Usage: 14 times in NA, 13 times in TR     

Description

  1. Measure, an instrument for measuring.
    1. A vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid.
    2. A graduated staff for measuring, a measuring rod.
    3. Proverbially, the rule or standard of judgment.
  2. Determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit.
    1. The required measure, the due, fit, measure.


Word root

Word with metron as root:

ἄμετροςametrosG0280things without measure
μετρέωmetreoG3354measure
μετρίωςmetriosG3357a little
σιτόμετρονsitometronG4620portion of meat

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into metron :

אֵיפָהejfahH0374ephah
אַמָּהammahH0520acubit
בַּתbatH1323daughter
יָדjadH3027hand
מִדָּהmiddahH4060ameasure
מְשׂוּרָהmesorahH4884capacity
סְאָהseahH5429seah
קַוqavH6957acord
שָׁלִישׁshalishH7991athird

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Noun Noun
acc. sing. neut. accusative singular Neutral
N-ASN-8
Noun Noun
dative sing. neut. dative singular Neutral
N-DSN-4
Noun Noun
gen. sing. neut. genitive singular Neutral
N-GSN-2


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References (14 occurances in 12 verses)




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