International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Proportion

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Proportion


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prṓ-pōr´shun: Occurs once in the sense of “space” as the translation of מער, ma‛ar, “void or open space” (. the King James Version margin “Hebrew 'nakedness,' “ the Revised Version (British and American) “space”); once in the obsolete sense of “form” as the translation of ‛erekh, “array,” or “row” (, the Revised Version (British and American) “frame”); and once in the sense of “measure” as the translation of analogı́a, “proportion” “equality” (, “the proportion of faith,” the Revised Version (British and American) “the proportion of our faith”). “Proportionally” occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 13:5, analógōs, the Revised Version (British and American) “in like proportion,” margin “correspondently.”