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Lexicon :: Strong's G3358 - metron

Aa
μέτρον
Transliteration
metron (Key)
Pronunciation
met'-ron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
An apparently primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:632,590

Strong’s Definitions

μέτρον métron, met'-ron; an apparently primary word; a measure ("metre"), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree):—measure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's G3358 in the following manner: measure (13x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's G3358 in the following manner: measure (13x).

  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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μέτρον métron, met'-ron; an apparently primary word; a measure ("metre"), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree):—measure.
STRONGS G3358:
μέτρον, μέτρου, τό, the Sept. chiefly for מִדָּה (cf. μήτηρ), measure;
1. an instrument for measuring;
a. a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid: in proverbial discourse, μέτρειν μέτρῳ, of the measure of the benefits which one confers on others, Luke 6:38; μέτρον πεπιεσμένον καί σεσαλευμένον, figuratively equivalent to most abundant requital, ibid.; πληροῦν τό μέτρον τῶν πατέρων, to add what is lacking in order to fill up their ancestors' prescribed number of crimes, Matthew 23:32 (see πληρόω, 2 a.); ἐκ μέτρου (A. V. by measure; see ἐκ, V. 3) i. e. sparingly, John 3:34 (also ἐν μέτρῳ, Ezekiel 4:11).
b. a graduated staff for measuring, measuring-rod: Revelation 21:15; with ἀνθρώπου added (man's measure), such as men use, Revelation 21:17; hence, in proverbial discourse, the rule or standard of judgment: Matthew 7:2; Mark 4:24.
2. determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit: with a genitive of the thing received, Romans 12:3; 2 Corinthians 10:13; (Ephesians 4:7); ἐν μέτρῳ, in proportion to the measure (cf. Winers Grammar, § 48, a. 3 b. and see ἐνέργεια; others, in due measure), Ephesians 4:16; the required measure, the due, fit, measure: τῆς ἡλικίας, the proper i. e. ripe, full age (see ἡλικία, 1 c.) (of a man), Ephesians 4:13 (ἡβης, Homer, Iliad 11, 225; Odyssey 11, 317; Solon 5, 52 (Poet. Min. Gr. (edited by Gaisford) 3:135)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Ezekiel
4:11
Matthew
7:2; 23:32
Mark
4:24
Luke
6:38
John
3:34
Romans
12:3
2 Corinthians
10:13
Ephesians
4:7; 4:13; 4:16
Revelation
21:15; 21:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3358 matches the Greek μέτρον (metron),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:2 - For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - Make full, then, the measure of your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:24 - And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:38 - Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, crushed down, full and running over, they will give to you. For in the same measure as you give, it will be given to you again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:34 - For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:3 - But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:13 - We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:7 - But to every one of us has grace been given in the measure of the giving of Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:13 - Till we all come to the harmony of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to full growth, to the full measure of Christ:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 4:16 - Through whom all the body, being rightly formed and united together, by the full working of every part, is increased to the building up of itself in love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:15 - And he who was talking with me had a gold measuring-rod to take the measure of the town, and of its doors, and its wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:17 - And he took the measure of its wall, one hundred and forty-four cubits, after the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
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