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means,”
KJV
(
RV
, “in any wise”); Luke 12:59,
RV
, “by no means” (
KJV
, “not”). (4) In Acts
4:9, the phrase , “in” or “by,” with
(from
, “who”), lit., “in whom” (
RV
, marg.), is
translated “by what means.” (5) In Heb. 9:15,
RV
, the verb
, “to come to be,
become, take place,” used in its 2nd aorist participle, is rightly translated “(a death)
having taken place”;
KJV
, “by means of (death).” (6) In Rev. 13:14,
RV
,
, followed by
the accusative case, is rightly translated “by reason of,” i.e., “on account of” (
KJV
,
wrongly, “by
73
).
For
MEANWHILE
see
WHILE
MEASURE (Noun and Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
! $
, 3358) denotes (I) “that which is used for measuring, a measure,”
(a) of “a vessel,” figuratively, Matt. 23:32; Luke 6:38 (twice); in John 3:34, with the
preposition , “(He giveth not the Spirit) by measure,”
RV
(which is a necessary
correction; the italicized words “
$
,”
KJV
, detract from the meaning). Not only had
Christ the Holy Spirit without “measure,” but God so gives the Spirit through Him to
others. It is the ascended Christ who gives the Spirit to those who receive His testimony
and set their seal to this, that God is true. The Holy Spirit is imparted neither by degrees,
nor in portions, as if He were merely an influence, He is bestowed personally upon each
believer, at the time of the New Birth; (b) of “a graduated rod or rule for measuring,”
figuratively, Matt. 7:2; Mark 4:24; literally, Rev. 21:15 (in the best mss.; see the
RV
); v.
17; (II) “that which is measured, a determined extent, a portion measured off,” Rom.
12:3; 2 Cor. 10:13 (twice); Eph. 4:7, “(according to the) measure (of the gift of Ch rist)”;
the gift of grace is “measured” and given according to the will of Christ; whatever the
endowment, His is the bestowment and the adjustment; v. 13, “the measure (of the stature
of the fullness of Christ),” the standard of spiritual stature being the fullness which is
essentially Christ’s; v. 16, “(according to the working in due) measure (of each several
part),” i.e., according to the effectual working of the ministration rendered in due
“measure” by every part.¶
2.
(
!$
, 3313), “a part, portion,” is used with the preposition
, “from,”
with the meaning “in some measure,” Rom. 15:15,
RV
(
KJV
,” … sort”). See
COAST
,
PART
.
3.
(
1
, 4568) is a Hebrew dry measure (Heb.,
), about a peck and a half,
Matt. 13:33; Luke 13:21; “three measures” would be the quantity for a baking (cf. Gen.
18:6; Judg. 6:19; 1 Sam. 1:24; the “ephah” of the last two passages was equal to three
).¶
4.
(
$
, 2884) denotes a
, the largest Hebrew dry measure (ten
),
containing about 11 bushels, Luke 16:7; the hundred “measures” amounted to a very
considerable quantity.¶
5.
(
1
, 943) denotes a
, a Jewish liquid measure (the equivalent of an
), containing between 8 and 9 gallons, Luke 16:6.¶