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Measure

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version.
  • Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isaiah 5:14 , elsewhere "statute." (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jeremiah 13:25 , elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, Exodus 26:2,8 , etc. (d) Mesurah, Leviticus 19:35; 1 Chronicles 23:29 . (e) Mishpat, Jeremiah 30:11 , elsewhere "judgment." (f) Mithkoneth and token, Ezekiel 45:11 . (g) In New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered (Matthew 7:2; 23:32; Mark 4:24 ).

  • Those which are definite. (a) 'Eyphah, Deuteronomy 25:14,15 , usually "ephah." (b) Ammah, Jeremiah 51:13 , usually "cubit." (c) Kor, 1 Kings 4:22 , elsewhere "cor;" Greek koros, Luke 16:7 . (d) Seah, Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18 , a seah; Greek saton, Matthew 13:33; Luke 13:21 . (e) Shalish, "a great measure," Isaiah 40:12; literally a third, i.e., of an ephah. (f) In New Testament batos, Luke 16:6 , the Hebrew "bath;" and choinix, Revelation 6:6 , the choenix, equal in dry commodities to one-eighth of a modius.

    Bibliography Information
    Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Measure'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​m/measure.html. 1897.