Strong's Concordance metreó: to measure, measure out Original Word: μετρέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: metreó Phonetic Spelling: (met-reh'-o) Short Definition: I measure, estimate Definition: I measure (out), estimate. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3354 metréō (from 3358) – literally, measure; mete out. See 3355 (metrētes). (Rev 11:1,2) This measuring relates to the holy places in the sanctuary "which symbolizes the people of God" who come "through the Tribulation" (DNTT, cf. also Ezek 40:5, 42:20; Zech 2:1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3354: μετρέωμετρέω, μέτρῳ; 1 aorist ἐμέτρησα; 1 future passive μετρηθήσομαι; (μέτρον); from Homer, Odyssey 3, 179 down; the Sept. several times for מָדַד; to measure; i. e.: 1. to measure out or off, a. properly, any space or distance with a measurer's reed or rule: τόν ναόν, τήν αὐλήν, etc., Revelation 11:2; Revelation 21:15, 17; with τῷ καλάμῳ added, Revelation 21:16; ἐν αὐτῷ, i. e. τῷ καλάμῳ, Revelation 11:1. b. metaphorically, to judge accoding to any rule or standard, to estimate: ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε, by what standard ye measure (others) (but the instrumental ἐν seems to point to a measure of capacity; cf. Winers Grammar, 388 (363); Buttmann, § 133, 19. On the proverb see further below), Matthew 7:2; Mark 4:24; passive to be judged, estimated, ibid.; μέτρειν ἑαυτόν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, to measure oneself by oneself, to derive from oneself the standard by which one estimates oneself, 2 Corinthians 10:12 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 8 at the end). 2. to measure to, mete out to, i. e. to give by measure: in the proverb τῷ αὐτῷ μέτρῳ ᾧ μετρεῖτε (or (so L T Tr WH) ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε), i. e., dropping the figure, 'in proportion to your own beneficence,' Luke 6:38. (Compare: ἀντιμετρέω.) From metron; to measure (i.e. Ascertain in size by a fixed standard); by implication, to admeasure (i.e. Allot by rule) -- figuratively, to estimate -- measure, mete. see GREEK metron Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 335411 Occurrences ἐμέτρησεν — 2 Occ. μετρήσῃ — 1 Occ. μετρήσῃς — 1 Occ. μέτρησον — 1 Occ. μετρηθήσεται — 2 Occ. μετρεῖτε — 3 Occ. μετροῦντες — 1 Occ. Matthew 7:2 V-PIA-2P GRK: ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε μετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν NAS: and by your standard of measure, it will be measured KJV: measure ye mete, it shall be measured INT: what measure you measure it will be measured again to you Matthew 7:2 V-FIP-3S Mark 4:24 V-PIA-2P Mark 4:24 V-FIP-3S Luke 6:38 V-PIA-2P 2 Corinthians 10:12 V-PPA-NMP Revelation 11:1 V-AMA-2S Revelation 11:2 V-ASA-2S Revelation 21:15 V-ASA-3S Revelation 21:16 V-AIA-3S Revelation 21:17 V-AIA-3S |
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