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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) çֹ÷ , chok (Isa_5:14; a statute, as elsewhere usually rendered);
(2) îִã , mad (Job_11:9; Jer_13:25; reduplicated plur. Job_38:5; elsewhere a garment, as usually rendered);
(3).properly îַãָּä , middah', the usual word thus rendered (Exo_26:2; Exo_26:8; Jos_3:4; 1Ki_6:25; 1Ki_7:9; 1Ki_7:11; 1Ki_7:37; 2Ch_3:3; Job_28:25; Psa_39:4 [5]; Jeremiah 21:39; Eze_40:3; Eze_40:5; Eze_40:10; Eze_40:21-22; Eze_40:24; Eze_40:28-29; Eze_40:32-33; Eze_40:35; Eze_41:17; Eze_42:15-19; Eze_43:13; Eze_45:3; Eze_46:22; Eze_48:16; Eze_48:30; Eze_48:33; Zec_2:1 [5]; elsewhere “‘piece,” etc.);
(4) îְùֹåּøָä , mesurah' (Lev_19:35; 1 Chronicles 23:39; Eze_4:11; Eze_4:16);
(5) îַùְׁôָּè , mishpat' (Jer_30:2; Jer_46:28; judgment, as elsewhere usually rendered);
(6) îַúְëֹּðֶú , mithko'neth. (Eze_45:11; “tale,” Exo_5:8; “composition,” Exo_30:32; Exo_30:37; “‘ state,” 2Ch_24:13);
(7) úֹּëֶ t ִ o'ken (Eze_45:11; “tale,” Exo_5:18);
(8) ìÝôñïí , the usual and proper Greek word (Mat_7:2; Mat_23:32; Mar_4:24; Luk_6:38; Joh_3:34; Rom_12:3; 2Co_10:13; Eph_4:7; Eph_4:13; Eph_4:16; Rev_21:17).
2. Such as represent a definite Value.
(1) àֵéôָä , eyphah' (Deu_25:14-15; Pro_20:10; Mic_6:10; elsewhere “ephah” [q.v.]);
(2) àִîָּä , ammah' (Jer_51:13; “post,” Isa_6:4; elsewhere “cubit” [q.v.]);
(3) ëֹּø kor (1Ki_4:22 [1Ki_5:2]; 1Ki_11:22]; 2Ch_2:10 [9]; 2Ch_27:5; Chald. plur. Ezr_7:22; elsewhere “cor” [q.v.]), Gr.- êüñïò (Luk_16:7);
(4) ñְàָä , seah' (Gen_18:6; 1Sa_25:18; 1Ki_18:32; 2Ki_7:16; 2Ki_7:18; a seah [q.v.]), the Gr. óÜôïí (Mat_13:33; Luk_13:21), and the reduplicated form ñִàñְּàָä , sasseah (Isa_27:8; used indeterminately);
(5) ùָׁìַéùׁ , shalish' (Isa_40:12; “great measure,” Psa_80:5; lit. a third, i.e.. prob. of the ephah, but used indefinitely;
(6) âÜôïò (Luk_16:6; the Hebrew bath [q.v.]); (7) ÷ïῖíéî (Rev_6:6; the Greek choenix [q.v.]).