Measure
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 the original denoting a particular quantity or space, which are still differently rendered in the Auth. Vers. It is our purpose in the present article to present merely a general view of the various renderings, leaving the determination of the modern equivalents to the special head of METROLOGY SEE METROLOGY (q.v.). The following are the words rendered "measure" in the A.V.:
1. Those that are of indefinite Import.
(1) חֹק, chok (Isaiah v. 14; a statute, as elsewhere usually rendered);
(2) מִד, mad (Job 11:9; Jer 13:25; reduplicated plur. Job 38:5; elsewhere a garment, as usually rendered);
(3).properly מַדָּה, middah', the usual word thus rendered (Ex 26:2,8; Jos 3:4; 1Ki 6:25; 1Ki 7:9,11,37; 2Ch 3:3; Job 28:25; Ps 39:4 [5]; Jer 21:14; Ezekiel 40:3, 5, 10, 21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35; 4117; 42:15,-16, 17, 18, 19; 43:13; 45:3; 46:22; 48:16. 30,33; Zec 2:1 [5]; elsewhere "'piece," etc.);
⇒Bible concordance for MEASURE.
(4) משֹוּרָה, mesurah' (Le 19:35; 1Ch 23:32; Eze 4:11,16);
(5) מַשׁפָּט, mishpat' (Jer 30; Jer 2; Jer 46:28; judgment, as elsewhere usually rendered);
(6) מַתכֹּנֶת, mithko'neth. (Eze 45:11; "tale," Ex 5:8; "composition," Ex 30:32; Ex 37; "' state," 2Ch 24:13);
(7) תֹּכֶ to'ken (Eze 45:11; "tale," Exodus v. 18);
(8) μέτρον, the usual and proper Greek word (Mt 7:2; Mt 23:32; Mr 4:24; Lu 6:38; Joh 3:34; Ro 12:3; 2Co 10:13; Eph 4:7,13,16; Re 21:17).
2. Such as represent a definite Value.
(1) אֵיפָה, eyphah' (De 25:14-15; Pr 20:10; Mic 6:10; elsewhere "ephah" [q.v.]);
(2) אִמָּה, ammah' (Jer 51:13; "post," Isa 6:4; elsewhere "cubit" [q.v.]);
(3) כֹּרkor (1Ki 4:22 [5:2]; 11:22]; 2Ch 2:10 [9]; 27:5; Chald. plur. Ezr 7:22; elsewhere "cor" [q.v.]), Gr.- κόρος (Lu 16:7);
(4) סאָה, seah' (Ge 18:6; 1Sa 25:18; 1Ki 18:32; 2Ki 7:16,18; a seah [q.v.]), the Gr. σάτον (Mt 13:33; Lu 13:21), and the reduplicated form סִאסּאָה, sasseah (Isa 27:8; used indeterminately);
(5) שָׁלַישׁ, shalish' (Isa 40:12; "great measure," Ps 80:5; lit. a third, i.e.. prob. of the ephah, but used indefinitely;
(6) βάτος (Lu 16:6; the Hebrew bath [q.v.]); (7) χοῖνιξ (Re 6:6; the Greek choenix [q.v.]).
