μέτρον metron

Greek word for “measure” · Strong’s G3358 · used 14 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

μέτρον, -ου, τό; 1. that which is used for measuring, a measure;

How it is translated

Glosses given for metron in context, with how often each is used:

• measure 13
• measuring 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ephesians 4 (3), Revelation 21 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Mark 4 (1), Luke 6 (1), John 3 (1), Romans 12 (1), 2 Corinthians 10 (1)

Forms

• μέτρον 8
• μέτρῳ 4
• μέτρου 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with metron more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• μετρέω metreō “to measure” 5
• ἕκαστος hekastos “each” 3
• τεῖχος teichos “wall” 2
• μερίζω merizō “to divide” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 4
• κατά kata “according to” 3
• χάρις charis “grace” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 2
• λαλέω laleō “to speak” 2
• εἷς ehis “one” 2

Key verses

The verses using metron that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:2 — For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
• Matthew 23:32 — Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
• Mark 4:24 — And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
• Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same…
• John 3:34 — For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
• Romans 12:3 — For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,…
• 2 Corinthians 10:13 — But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto…
• Ephesians 4:7 — But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
• Ephesians 4:13 — Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of…
• Ephesians 4:16 — From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every…
• Revelation 21:15 — And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
• 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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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.