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Strong's G3358 μέτρον (metron)

Metron means “measure” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3358 — yaqqir (“noble”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3358
Language Greek
Linked Usages 81
Books 29

Strong's G3358 Quick Answer

Strong's G3358 μέτρον (metron) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. metron (met'-ron) n. 1. a measure ("metre") 2. (by implication) a limited portion (degree) It has 81 linked Bible usages across 29 books. Visible English usage signals include measure. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
metron (met'-ron) n. 1. a measure ("metre") 2. (by implication) a limited portion (degree)
Usage
81 linked usages
Books
29 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
measure

Meaning and Definition

metron (met'-ron) n. 1. a measure ("metre") 2. (by implication) a limited portion (degree) {literally or figuratively} [an apparently primary word] KJV: measure

Original Word
μέτρον
Transliteration
metron
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3358. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

measure

Usage: μέτρον, -ου, τό [in LXX chiefly for מִדָּה, also for אֵיפָה, etc. ;] __1. that which is used for measuring, a measure; __(a) a vessel: fig., Mat.23:32, Luk.6:38; ἐκ μ., by measure, Jhn.3:34; __(b) a rod or rule: Rev.21:15, 17; figuratively, Mat.7:2, Mrk.4:24. __2. That which is measured, measure: with genitive of thing(s), Rom.12:3, 2Co.10:13, Eph.4:7, 13 4:16.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3358 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render metron, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

measure Matthew 7:2 11×

How Strong's G3358 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 66 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3358 (μέτρον) appears 75 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3358 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3358 in the New Testament

11 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 7:2 KJV

For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.

Mark 4:24 KJV

And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.

Strong's G3358 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

66 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 18:6 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abraham hastened to the tent to Sarah, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.

Exodus 16:36 Septuagint / Brenton

Now the omer was the tenth part of three measures.

Exodus 26:2 Septuagint / Brenton

The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains.

Strong's G3358 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 7:21 Septuagint / Brenton

And the cisterns were emptied, and they had not water to drink their fill for one day; for they gave them drink by measure.

Wisdom of Solomon 11:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, Being persecuted of vengeance, And scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: But thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.

Strong's G3358 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 10:19 Septuagint / Brenton

be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield

Usage Excerpts

First 81 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3358.

Genesis 18:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham hastened to the tent to Sarah, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.
Exodus 16:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now the omer was the tenth part of three measures.
Exodus 26:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains.
Exodus 26:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits: there shall be the same measure to the eleven skins.
Leviticus 19:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not act unrighteously in judgment, in measures and weights and scales.
Deuteronomy 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Buy food of them for money and eat, and ye shall receive water of them by measure for money, and drink.
Deuteronomy 25:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not have in thy house diverse measures, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt have a true and just weight, and a true and just measure, that thou mayest live long upon the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.
3 Kingdoms 6:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
3 Kingdoms 7:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
According to the same form he made all the ten bases, even one order and one measure to all.
3 Kingdoms 7:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And above with costly stones, according to the measure of hewn stones, and with cedars.
4 Kingdoms 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elisha said, Hear thou the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, As at this time, tomorrow a measure of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gates of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people went out, and plundered the camp of Syria: and a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord, and two measures of barley for a shekel.
4 Kingdoms 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So it came to pass as Elisha had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley shall be sold for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel; and it shall be as at this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria.
4 Kingdoms 21:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measure of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a jar is wiped, and turned upside down in the wiping.
1 Chronicles 23:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and for the showbread, and for the fine flour of the meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for the fried cake, and for the dough, and for every measure;
2 Chronicles 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, I have given freely to thy servants that work and cut the wood, corn for food, even twenty thousand measures of wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand measures of wine, and twenty thousand measures of oil.
Nehemiah 3:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
Nehemiah 3:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah 3:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.
Nehemiah 3:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.
Nehemiah 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.
Nehemiah 3:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.
Job 11:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Or longer than the measure of the earth, Or the breadth of the sea.
Job 28:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
all that he has made; The weight of the winds, the measures of the water.
Job 38:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who set the measures of it, if thou knowest? Or who stretched a line upon it?
Psalms 79:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; And wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.
Proverbs 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Are even both of them unclean before the Lord; And so is he that makes them.
Isaiah 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For where ten yoke of oxen plow the land shall yield one jarful, and he that sows six homers shall produce three measures.
Isaiah 44:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The artificer having chosen a piece of wood, marks it out with a rule, and fits it with glue, and makes it as the form of a man, and as the beauty of a man, to set it up in the house.
Lamentations 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has turned to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion: He has stretched out the measuring line, He has not turned back his hand from afflicting her: Therefore the bulwark mourned, And the wall was weakened with it.
Ezekiel 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt drink water by measure, even from time to time thou shalt drink the sixth part of a hin.
Ezekiel 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
Ezekiel 40:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in thither, and, behold, there was a man, and the appearance of him was as the appearance of shining brass, and in his hand was a builder’s line, and a measuring reed; and he stood at the gate.
Ezekiel 40:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man’s hand a reed, the measure of it was six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed.
Ezekiel 40:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers of the gate of the chamber in front were three on one side and three on the other, and there was one measure to the three: there was one measure to the porches on this side and on that.
Ezekiel 40:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, three on this side and three on that; and the posts, and the porches, and the palm trees thereof: and they were according to the measures of the gate that looks eastward: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me to the south side, and behold a gate looking southward: and he measured it, and its chambers, and its posts, and its porches, according to these dimensions.
Ezekiel 40:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the inner court of the south gate: and he measured the gate according to these measures;
Ezekiel 40:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches, according to these measures: and there were windows to it and to the porches round about: its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits,
Ezekiel 40:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in at the gate that looks eastward: and he measured it according to these measures:
Ezekiel 40:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches according to these measures: and there were windows to it, and porches round about: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in at the northern gate, and measured it according to these measures;
Ezekiel 42:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the walk was in front of them, according to the measures of the chambers toward the north, both according to the length of them, and according to the breadth of them, and according to all their openings, and according to all their turnings, and according to their lights, and according to their doors.
Ezekiel 42:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stood behind the gate looking eastward, and measured five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel 42:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he turned to the north and measured in front of the north side five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel 42:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he turned to the west, and measured in front of the west side, five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel 42:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he turned to the south, and measured in front of the south side, five hundred cubits by the measuring reed.
Ezekiel 43:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the measures of the altar by the cubit of a cubit and a span, the cavity shall be a cubit deep, and a cubit shall be the breadth, and the border on the rim of it round about shall be a span: and this shall be the height of the altar
Ezekiel 45:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just choenix for measure.
Ezekiel 45:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in like manner there shall be one choenix as a measure of capacity; the tenth of the homer shall be the choenix, and the tenth of the homer shall be in fair proportion to the homer.
Ezekiel 45:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the firstfruits which ye shall offer; a sixth part of a homer of wheat, and the sixth part of it shall consist of an ephah of a cor of barley.
Ezekiel 46:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall prepare a freewill offering for it in the morning, the sixth part of a measure of flour, and a third part of a hin of oil to mix therewith the fine flour, as a freewill offering to the Lord, a perpetual ordinance.
Ezekiel 46:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on every side a court, even a court for all the four sides, and each little court belonging to the court was in length forty cubits, and in breadth thirty cubits, there was one measure to the four.
Ezekiel 47:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in the direction in which a man went forth opposite; and there was a measuring line in his hand, and he measured a thousand cubits with the measure;
Ezekiel 48:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these shall be its dimensions; from the northern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the southern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the eastern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the western side they shall measure four thousand five hundred.
Ezekiel 48:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the goings out of the city northward, four thousand and five hundred by measure.
Ezekiel 48:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And southward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates; the gate of Simeon, one, and the gate of Issachar, one, and the gate of Zebulun, one.
Ezekiel 48:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And westward, four thousand and five hundred by measure: and three gates; the gate of Gad, one, and the gate of Asher, one, and the gate of Naphtali, one.
Amos 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the Sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?
Zechariah 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord: I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; and my house shall be rebuilt in her, saith the Lord Almighty, and a measuring line shall yet be stretched out over Jerusalem.
Zechariah 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the measure that goes forth. And he said, This is their iniquity in all the earth.
Zechariah 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold a talent of lead lifted up: and behold a woman sat in the midst of the measure.
Zechariah 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, This is iniquity. And he cast it into the midst of the measure, and cast the weight of lead on the mouth of it.
Zechariah 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, two women coming forth, and the wind was in their wings; and they had stork’s wings: and they lifted up the measure between the earth and the sky.
Zechariah 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said to the angel that spoke with me, Whither do these carry away the measure?
Matthew 7:2 New Testament, KJV
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Matthew 23:32 New Testament, KJV
Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
Mark 4:24 New Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
Luke 6:38 New Testament, KJV
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
John 3:34 New Testament, KJV
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Romans 12:3 New Testament, KJV
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
2 Corinthians 10:13 New Testament, KJV
But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
Ephesians 4:7 New Testament, KJV
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
Ephesians 4:13 New Testament, KJV
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Ephesians 4:16 New Testament, KJV
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
Revelation 21:17 New Testament, KJV
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
Judith 7:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the cisterns were emptied, and they had not water to drink their fill for one day; for they gave them drink by measure.
Wisdom of Solomon 11:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Yea, and without these might they have fallen down with one blast, Being persecuted of vengeance, And scattered abroad through the breath of thy power: But thou hast ordered all things in measure and number and weight.
1 Enoch 10:19 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
be full of blessing. And all desirable trees shall be planted on it, and they shall plant vines on it: and the vine which they plant thereon shall yield wine in abundance, and as for all the seed which is sown thereon each measure (of it) shall bear a thousand, and each measure of olives shall yield

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3358, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 28 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 2 usages, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Ephesians 3 usages, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3358 FAQ

What does metron (μέτρον) mean?

Metron (Strong's G3358) is a Greek word most simply glossed "measure". metron (met'-ron) n. 1. a measure ("metre") 2. (by implication) a limited portion (degree)

How many times is metron (μέτρον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 81 linked usages for Strong's G3358 across 29 books.

Where can I study metron (μέτρον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3358 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate metron (μέτρον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as measure. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3358 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 66 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3358, with linked reader references where each row is available.