Words the Bible translates as measure
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- metronμέτρονa measure: the vessel or rod used to measure something, or the amount it holds
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- an allotted portion: the specific amount or share that God or Christ assigns to a person
- a fixed quota that must be filled before judgment falls, as in filling up the measure of guilt
- middahמִדָּהa measure: the measured size of something, or the standard by which size is measured.
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- tribute: a payment or tax owed to a ruler.
- madadמָדַדto measure: to find or mark out the size, length, area, or amount of something against a standard.
- ephahאֵיפָהthe ephah: the everyday dry measure for grain and flour in ancient Israel, holding roughly twenty liters (a little over half a bushel)
- shalishשָׁלִישׁa top-ranking officer: a soldier of the highest grade, serving with a king's chariot force or at the king's own side.
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- a third: a measuring vessel holding a third of some larger unit, used for scooping out dry goods or drink.
- a musical instrument played in a victory celebration; which instrument it was is not known.
- takhanתָּכַןto weigh or measure something against a fixed standard: to mete out a quantity, gauge a person's true worth, or come out right when tested
- metreōμετρέωto measure: to find the size or amount of something against a standard, and so to mete it out or size it up by that measure
- madמַדa measure: an extent or a measured-out portion
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- a garment: a piece of clothing cut to fit the body, from a fitted tunic to a soldier's outfit
- korכֹּרthe kor: the largest of ancient Israel's measures of capacity, equal to ten baths or one homer and holding roughly two hundred liters (about six bushels)
- se'ahסְאָהseah: a fixed dry measure for grain and flour, a third of the larger standard measure and roughly seven litres
- metrētēsμετρητήςmeasurenot studied yet
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