μετρέω,
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.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Matthew
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7:2
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Mark
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4:24
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Luke
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6:38
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2 Corinthians
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10:12
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Revelation
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11:1; 11:2; 21:15; 21:16; 21:17
