Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

MEASUREMENT There is no certainty about present-day equivalents of many of the measurements given in the Bible. These measurements probably varied considerably even in Bible times. (Concerning measurements of weight and the cheating that was common where there were few official standards, see WEIGHTS.) Measures of capacity for grain and for liquids sometimes had different … Continue reading “Measurement”

MEASURE, To To Measure and to DIVIDE, are the same; and both signify, to go about to take possession, after the division. Hence a lot, or division, or inheritance, are all one; because the Israelites got possession of the promised land by division, measure, and lot. And to divide the spoil, is to get a … Continue reading “MEASURE, To”

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 … Continue reading “Measure, Measures”

Measure (Noun and Verb) denotes (I) “that which is used for measuring, a measure,” (a) of “a vessel,” figuratively, Mat 23:32; Luk 6:38 (twice); in Joh 3:34, with the preposition ek, “(He giveth not the Spirit) by measure,” RV (which is a necessary correction; the italicized words “unto him,” AV, detract from the meaning). Not … Continue reading “Measure (Noun and Verb)”

MEASURE See SHEKELS, TALENT, BATH, or Ephah, EPHAH, etc. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Measure is the rendering in the Auth. Vers. of a number of Hebrew and Greek terms, some of which are descriptive of dimension or extent generally, while others denote a specific length or capacity, Again, there are other words in … Continue reading “Measure”

Mears, Thomas, M.A an English divine of note, flourished near the opening of the present century. He was at one time rector of St. Lawrence and vicar of St. Michael’s in Southampton, and chaplain to the corporation of that town. He died about 1810. Mr. Mears was a prolific writer, and a pulpit orator of … Continue reading “Mears, Thomas, M.A”

Mears, John William, D.D a Presbyterian minister and educator, was born at Reading, Pennsylvania, August 10, 1825. He graduated from Delaware College at the head of his class in 1844, and from Yale Divinity School in 1851. He was ordained, in 1852, pastor at Camden, N.J.: in 1854 became pastor at Elkton, Maryland; in 1857 … Continue reading “Mears, John William, D.D”

Mearah (Hebrews Mearah’, , a cave, as often; Sept. , apparently reading from Gaza; Vulg. Maara), a place mentioned in Jos 13:4 as situated in the northern edge of Palestine: From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek. Some find it in the town Marathos … Continue reading “Mearah”

Meanwhile * For MEANWHILE see WHILE Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words

MEANS OF GRACE Denote those duties we perform for the purpose of improving out minds, affecting our hearts, and of obtaining spiritual blessings; such as hearing the Gospel, reading the Scriptures, self-examination, meditation, prayer, praise, Christian conversation, &c. The means are to be used without any reference to merit, but solely with a dependence on … Continue reading “Means Of Grace”