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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Measure:

Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version. (1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, Isa 5:14, elsewhere "statute." (b) Mad, Job 11:9; Jer 13:25, elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, Exd 26:2, 8, etc. (d) Mesurah, Lev 19:35; 1Ch 23:29. (e) Mishpat, Jer. 30:11, elsewhere "judgment." (f) Mithkoneth and token, Ezek. 45:11. (g) In New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered (Mat 7:2; 23:32; Mar 4:24).

(2.) Those which are definite. (a) 'Eyphah, Deu 25:14, 15, usually "ephah." (b) Ammah, Jer 51:13, usually "cubit." (c) Kor, 1Ki 4:22, elsewhere "cor;" Greek koros, Luk 16:7. (d) Seah, Gen 18:6; 1Sa 25:18, a seah; Greek saton, Mat 13:33; Luk 13:21. (e) Shalish, "a great measure," Isa 40:12; literally a third, i.e., of an ephah. (f) In New Testament batos, Luk 16:6, the Hebrew "bath;" and choinix, Rev 6:6, the choenix, equal in dry commodities to one-eighth of a modius.

Nave's Topical Bible

Measure: Definition Of

The following modern equivalents of ancient measurements are based upon the latest researches, and are probably as nearly correct as is possible at this time:

Measure: Dry

1. Bushel, about a peck,

Mat 5:15; Mar 4:21; Luk 11:33.

2. Cab, or kab, about two quarts,

2Ki 6:25.

3. Cor, equal to one homer or ten ephahs, equal to about eleven and one-ninth bushels,

1Ki 4:22; 5:11; 2Ch 2:10; 27:5; Ezr 7:22.

4. Ephah, equal to three seah, and in liquid, to a bath, containing about a bushel and a half,

Exd 16:36; Lev 5:11; 6:20; 19:36; Num 5:15; 28:5; Jdg 6:19; Rth 2:17; 1Sa 1:24; 17:17; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:10, 11, 13, 24; 46:5, 7, 11, 14; Amo 8:5; Zec 5:6-10

5. Half-homer, about five and a half bushels,

Hsa 3:2.

6. Homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs,

Lev 27:16; Num 11:32; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:11-14; Hsa 3:2.

7. Omer, about one bushel,

Exd 16:16, 18.

8. Seah, about a peck and a half,

Gen 18:6; 1Sa 25:18; 1Ki 18:32; 2Ki 7:1, 16, 18.

9. Tenth deal, about a gallon, equal to one-tenth of an ephah,

Exd 29:40; Lev 14:10, 21; 23:13, 17; 24:5; Num 15:4, 6, 9; 28:9, 12, 13, 20, 21, 29; 29:3, 4, 9, 10, 14, 15.

Measure: Liquid

1. Bath, about eight gallons and a half,

1Ki 7:26, 38; 2Ch 2:10; 4:5; Ezr 7:22; Isa 5:10; Eze 45:10, 11, 14; Luk 16:6.

2. Firkin, nearly nine gallons,

Jhn 2:6.

3. Hin, about a gallon and a half,

Exd 29:40; 30:24; Lev 19:36; 23:13; Num 15:4-10; 28:5, 7, 14; Eze 4:11.

4. Log, about a pint, one-twelfth of a hin,

Lev 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24.

See WEIGHTS

Measure: Linear

1. Finger,

Jer 52:21.

2. Handbreadth,

Exd 25:25; 37:12; 1Ki 7:26; 2Ch 4:5; Psa 39:5; Eze 40:5, 43; 43:13.

3. Span,

Exd 28:16; 1Sa 17:4; Isa 40:12; 48:13; Lam 2:20; Eze 43:13.

4. Cubit, the length of a man's forearm,

See CUBIT.

5. Reed, probably six cubits,

Eze 40:5.

6. Fathom,

Act 27:28.

7. Pace,

2Sa 6:13.

8. Furlong,

Luk 24:13.

9. Mile, probably nine-tenths of an english mile,

Mat 5:41.

10. Sabbath Day's journey, two thousand paces,

Act 1:12.

Measure: Must Be Just

Lev 19:35, 36; Deu 25:13-16; Pro 11:1; 16:11; 20:10, 23; Hsa 12:7-9; Mic 6:10-12

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