Mesurah מְשׂוּרָה
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| מְשׂוּרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mesurah |
| Strong's number | H4884 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | capacity |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (2) |
Mesurah (Hebrew מְשׂוּרָה, Strong's H4884) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “capacity”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
measure
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | measure (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | volume (1), measurements of quantity (1), you are also to measure out (1), measure (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Mesurah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Leviticus
- Leviticus 19:35Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 23:29Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 4:11Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.
- Ezekiel 4:16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).