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Measure

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69exact KJV occurrences 41Old Testament 28New Testament 25books containing the word 23mapped Strong's IDs 68occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Exodus 26:2

The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 21:17

And 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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where measure appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

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HebrewH4060
מִדָּה

middâh · mid-daw'

15 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)

Strong's KJV usage: garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.

Strong's first: Exodus 26:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 46:22

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GreekG3358
μέτρον

métron · met'-ron

13 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences

a measure ("metre"), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree)

Strong's KJV usage: :-- measure.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 7:2Strong's last: Revelation 21:17

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HebrewH5429
סְאָה

çᵉʼâh · seh-aw'

3 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain

Strong's KJV usage: measure.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Kings 7:1Strong's last: 2 Kings 7:18

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GreekG5229
ὑπεραίρομαι

hyperaíromai · hoop-er-ah'-ee-rom-ahee

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

to raise oneself over, i.e. (figuratively) to become haughty

Strong's KJV usage: :--exalt self, be exalted above measure.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 12:7Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 12:7

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GreekG5236
ὑπερβολή

hyperbolḗ · hoop-er-bol-ay'

2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences

a throwing beyond others, i.e. (figuratively) supereminence; adverbially (with G1519 or G2596) pre- eminently

Strong's KJV usage: :--abundance, (far more) exceeding, excellency, more excellent, beyond (out of) measure.

Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 1:8Strong's last: Galatians 1:13

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HebrewH4941
מִשְׁפָּט

mishpâṭ · mish-pawt'

2 times translated as this KJV form419 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

Strong's KJV usage: adversary, ceremony, charge, × crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, × worthy, wrong.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 30:11Strong's last: Jeremiah 46:28

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HebrewH7991
שָׁלִישׁ

shâlîysh · shaw-leesh'

2 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a triple, i.e. (as a musical instrument) a triangle (or perhaps rather three-stringed lute); also (as an indefinite, great quantity) a three-fold measure (perhaps a treble ephah); also (as an officer) a general of the third rank (upward, i.e. the highest)

Strong's KJV usage: captain, instrument of musick, (great) lord, (great) measure, prince, three (from the margin).

Strong's first: Psalms 80:5Strong's last: Isaiah 40:12

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GreekG4053
περισσός

perissós · per-is-sos'

1 times translated as this KJV form20 total Strong's occurrences

superabundant (in quantity) or superior (in quality); by implication, excessive; adverbially (with G1537) violently; neuter (as noun) preeminence

Strong's KJV usage: :--exceeding abundantly above, more abundantly, advantage, exceedingly, very highly, beyond measure, more, superfluous, vehement(-ly).

Strong's first: Mark 6:51Strong's last: Mark 6:51

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GreekG5249
ὑπερπερισσῶς

hyperperissōs · hoop-er-per-is-soce'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

superabundantly, i.e. exceedingly

Strong's KJV usage: :--beyond measure.

Strong's first: Mark 7:37Strong's last: Mark 7:37

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HebrewH520
אַמָּה

ʼammâh · am-maw'

1 times translated as this KJV form244 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

Strong's KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Jeremiah 51:13Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:13

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HebrewH2706
חֹק

chôq · khoke

1 times translated as this KJV form127 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

Strong's KJV usage: appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, × necessary, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task.

Strong's first: Isaiah 5:14Strong's last: Isaiah 5:14

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HebrewH5432
סַאסְּאָה

çaʼçᵉʼâh · sah-seh-aw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

measurement, i.e. moderation

Strong's KJV usage: measure.

Strong's first: Isaiah 27:8Strong's last: Isaiah 27:8

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Ezekiel 4:11
H4884

Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

Ezekiel 4:16
H4884

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

Ezekiel 40:10
H4060

And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

Ezekiel 40:10
H4060

And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

Ezekiel 40:21
H4060

And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

Ezekiel 40:22
H4060

And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

Ezekiel 41:17
H4060

To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.

Ezekiel 43:10
H4058

Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.

Ezekiel 45:3
H4060

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

Ezekiel 45:3
H4058

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

Ezekiel 45:11
H8506

The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

Ezekiel 45:11
H4971

The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

Ezekiel 46:22
H4060

In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.

Ezekiel 47:18
H4058

And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

measure

MEASURE, noun mezh'ur. [Latin mensura, from mensus, with a casual n, the participle of metior, to measure; Eng. to mete.]

1. The whole extent or dimensions of a thing, including length, breadth and thickness.

The measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. Job 11:9.

It is applied also to length or to breadth separately.

2. That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity, or amount; as, a rod or pole is a measure of five yards and a half; an inch, a foot, a yard, are measures of length; a gallon is a measure of capacity. Weights and measures should be uniform. Silver and gold are the common measure of value.

3. A limited or definite quantity; as a measure of wine or beer.

4. Determined extent or length; limit.

Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days. Psalms 39:4.

5. A rule by which any thing is adjusted or proportioned.

God's goodness is the measure of his providence.

6. Proportion; quantity settled.

I enter not into the particulars of the law of nature, or its measures of punishment; yet there is such a law.

7. Full or sufficient quantity.

I'll never pause again,

Till either death hath clos'd these eyes of mine,

Or fortune given me measure of revenge.

8. Extent of power or office.

We will not boast of things without our measure

2 Corinthians 10:13.

9. Portion allotted; extent of ability.

If else thou seekest

Aught not surpassing human measure say.

10. Degree; quantity indefinite.

I have laid down, in some measure the description of the old world.

A great measure of discretion is to be used in the performance of confession.

11. In music, that division by which the motion of music is regulated; or the interval or space of time between the rising and falling of the hand or foot of him who beats time. This measure regulates the time of dwelling on each note. The ordinary or common measure is one second.

12. In poetry, the measure or meter is the manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or the long and short syllables. Thus, hexameter, pentameter, Iambic, Sapphic verses, etc. consist of different measure

13. In dancing, the interval between steps, corresponding to the interval between notes in the music.

My legs can keep no measure in delight.

14. In geometry, any quantity assumed as one or unity, to which the ratio of other homogeneous or similar quantities is expressed.

15. Means to an end; an act, step or proceeding towards the accomplishment of an object; an extensive signification of the word, applicable to almost every act preparatory to a final end, and by which it is to be attained. Thus we speak of legislative measures, political measures, public measures, prudent measures, a rash measure effectual measures, inefficient measures.

In measure with moderation; with excess.

Without measure without limits; very largely or copiously.

To have hard measure to be harshly or oppressively treated.

Lineal or long measure measure of length; the measure of lines or distances.

Liquid measure the measure of liquors.

MEASURE, verb transitive mezh'ur. To compute or ascertain extent, quantity, dimensions or capacity by a certain rule; as, to measure land; to measure distance; to measure the altitude of a mountain; to measure the capacity of a ship or of a cask.

1. To ascertain the degree of any thing; as, to measure the degrees of heat, or of moisture.

2. To pass through or over.

We must measure twenty miles to day.

The vessel plows the sea,

And measures back with speed her former way.

3. To judge of distance, extent or quantity; as, to measure any thing by the eye.

Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite

Thy power; what thought can measure thee?

4. To adjust; to proportion.

To secure a contended spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.

5. To allot or distribute by measure

With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. Matthew 7:2.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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