Measure, Measures
Measure, Measures
mezhur, Several different words in the Hebrew and Greek are rendered by measure in English Versions of the Bible. In Job 11:9 and Jer 13:25 it stands for , madh, , middah, and it is the usual rendering of the verb , madhadh, to measure, i.e. stretch out, extend, spread. It is often used to render the words representing particular measures, such as [‘ephah (Deu 25:14, Deu 25:15; Pro 20:10; Mic 6:10); or kor (1Ki 4:22; 1Ki 5:11 (1Ki 5:2 and 1Ki 5:5 :25 Hebrew text); 2Ch 2:10 (Hebrew text 2:9) 2Ch 27:5; Ezr 7:22); or seah (Gen 18:6; 1Sa 25:18; 1Ki 18:32; 2Ki 7:1, 2Ki 7:16, 2Ki 7:18); or , batos, bath (Luk 16:6). For these terms see WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. It also renders , middah, measure of length (Exo 26:2); , mesurah, a liquid measure (Lev 19:35; 1Ch 23:29; Eze 4:11, Eze 4:16); , mishpat, judgment (Jer 30:11; Jer 46:28); , sa’se’ah, a word of uncertain meaning, perhaps derived from seah (Isa 27:8); , shalsh, threefold, large measure (Psa 80:5 (Hebrew text 80:6); Isa 40:12); , tokhen, and , mathkoneth, weight and that which is weighed, taken as measure (Eze 45:11). In Isa 5:14 it stands for , hok, limit. In the New Testament, besides being the usual rendering of the verb , metreo, and of the noun , metron, it is used for , chonix, a dry measure containing about a quart (Rev 6:6).