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μέτρον

MainId: 003275000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: μ

StrongCodes: G3358

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 003275001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: μέτρον
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ου
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'μετρέω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 003275001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 81.1
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Spacial Dimensions
  LEXSubDomains: Measure, To Measure
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-12-02 21:05:32
    DefinitionShort: a unit of measurement, either of length or volume
    Glosses: measure
    Comments: Some languages do not have a generic term for ‘measure,’ but they may express the concept by a phrase meaning ‘how one knows how big something is’ or ‘… how long something is.’ In other words, it is necessary to use expressions involving specific dimensions.
  LEXReferences: MAT 7:2, MAT 23:32, MARK 4:24, LUKE 6:38, LUKE 6:38, YHN 3:34, ROM 12:3, 2COR 10:13, 2COR 10:13, EPH 4:7, EPH 4:13, EPH 4:16, REV 21:15, REV 21:17
2. LEXID: 003275001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 78.12
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Degree
  LEXSubDomains: Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]
  LEXCollocations: ἐκ μέτρου
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-12-02 21:05:32
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: from measure) a scalar point marking considerable limitation in the extent of some activity
    Glosses: ['sparingly', 'in a limited way']
    Comments: In a number of languages this expression in {S:04300303400028} may be appropriately rendered as ‘he doesn’t hold back at all when he gives the Spirit’ or ‘he gives the Spirit in an abundant way.’
  LEXReferences: YHN 3:34