UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἄμετρος

MainId: 000278000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0280

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 000278001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἄμετρος

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ον

   Constructs: {'Lemma': 'ἄμετρος', 'BaseFormIndex': 1, 'WordMeaningSets': [{'Word': 'ἀ-', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'μετρέω', 'Meanings': []}]}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 000278001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 78.27

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Degree

      LEXSubDomains: Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

      LEXCollocations: εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-05-28 17:53:36

         DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: into that which is not measured) a point on a scale going beyond what is expected

         Glosses: ['excessive', 'beyond measure']

         Comments: In a number of languages one can perhaps best render this statement in {S:04701001300012} as ‘we will not boast too much’ or ‘we will boast only so much.’

      LEXReferences: 2 COR 10:13, 2 COR 10:15