ΜΕΤΡΩΝ, μετρων
METRŌN, metrōn
Sounds Like: MEH-tron
Translations: of measures, of a measure
From the root: ΜΕΤΡΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: The word refers to a measure, whether of length, capacity, or quantity. It can also denote a standard or a limit. In its genitive plural form, as seen in ΜΕΤΡΩΝ, it indicates possession or relationship, often translated as 'of measures' or 'of a measure', referring to multiple units of measurement.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Neuter
Strong’s number: G3358 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- To the Newly Baptized — 1:2
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
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.
- ΜΕΤΡΑ — measures, a measure, measure, standard, limit, quantity
- 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
- ΜΕΤΡ‾Ο‾ — measure, a measure, due measure, proportion
This concordance database is in beta
That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.
It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.
Please report any errors or important missing information.