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stat̬´ū́r ( מד , madh , מדּה , middāh , "measure" ( Numbers 13:32 , etc.), קומה , ḳōmāh , "standing up" (1 Samuel 16:7 , etc.); ἡλικία , hēlikı́a , "greatness"): This last word means "height of the body," "stature," in Luke 2:52; Luke 19:3; Ephesians 4:13 , but it can mean "length of life" equally well and has this force in John 9:21 , John 9:23; Hebrews 11:11 . And this meaning, not "stature" (as in the King James Version), is fixed for Matthew 6:27 parallel Luke 12:25 , for to add some 18 inches (see CUBIT ) to one's "stature" would be a grotesque feat, while it is the smallness of the act that is emphasized. Hence, the translation "able to extend his long path of life by a single cubit" (the Revised Version (British and American) "measure of life"). Compare also "great of stature" Baruch 3:26 (εὐμεγέθης , eumegéthēs ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Stature'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/s/stature.html. 1915.
