ΜΕΤΡΑ, μετρα
METRA, metra
Sounds Like: MEH-trah
Translations: measures, a measure, measure, standard, limit, quantity
From the root: ΜΕΤΡΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a standard of measurement, a quantity, or a limit. It can be used to describe physical measurements, but also abstract concepts like a standard of conduct or a limit to something. In the provided examples, it refers to physical measurements or limits.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3358 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 112:4
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 7:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 18:6
- Proverbs — 20:13
- Job — 28:25, 38:5
- Isaiah — 5:10
- Ezekiel — 40:21, 40:24, 40:28, 40:29, 40:32, 40:33, 40:35, 42:11, 43:13, 48:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΡΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΕΤΡΟΙΣ — (to) measure, (to) measures, (to) amount, (to) amounts, (to) limit, (to) limits
- ΜΕΤΡΟΝ — measure, a measure, standard, limit, amount
- ΜΕΤΡΟΥ — of measure, of a measure, of a meter, of a standard, of a limit, of due proportion
- ΜΕΤΡΩΝ — of measures, of a measure
- ΜΕΤΡ‾Ο‾ — measure, a measure, due measure, proportion
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