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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Measure

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

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.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Exodus 22 verses Leviticus 11 verses Numbers 11 verses Deuteronomy 22 verses Joshua 11 verses 1 Kings 22 verses 2 Kings 33 verses 1 Chronicles 11 verses 2 Chronicles 11 verses Job 22 verses Psalms 22 verses Isaiah 44 verses Jeremiah 33 verses Ezekiel 1411 verses Micah 11 verses Zechariah 11 verses Matthew 22 verses Mark 44 verses Luke 21 verses John 11 verses Romans 11 verses 2 Corinthians 96 verses Galatians 11 verses Ephesians 33 verses Revelation 55 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

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

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

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.

Other KJV renderings

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.

Other KJV renderings

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.

Other KJV renderings

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).

Other KJV renderings

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).

Other KJV renderings

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.

Other KJV renderings

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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69 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Exodus 26:2
H4060

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.

Exodus 26:8
H4060

The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

Leviticus 19:35
H4884

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Numbers 35:5
H4058

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

Deuteronomy 21:2
H4058

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

Deuteronomy 25:15
H374

But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

Joshua 3:4
H4060

Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

1 Kings 6:25
H4060

And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

1 Kings 7:37
H4060

After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

2 Kings 7:1
H5429

Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

2 Kings 7:16
H5429

And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

2 Kings 7:18
H5429

And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:

1 Chronicles 23:29
H4884

Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

2 Chronicles 3:3
H4060

Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Job 11:9
H4055

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Job 28:25
H4060

To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

Psalms 39:4
H4060

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.

Psalms 80:5
H7991

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

Isaiah 5:14
H2706

Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

Isaiah 27:8
H5432

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

Isaiah 40:12
H7991

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 65:7
H4058

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Jeremiah 30:11
H4941

For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

Jeremiah 46:28
H4941

Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Jeremiah 51:13
H520

O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

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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