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6.
@
(
, 5518), a dry “measure” of rather less than a quart, about “as much
as would support a person of moderate appetite for a day,” occurs in Rev. 6:6 (twice).
Usually eight
@
could be bought for a
$
(about 9 1/2d.); this passage
predicts circumstances in which the
$
is the price of one
@
.¶ In the Sept.,
Ezek. 45:10, 11, where it represents the Heb.
and
.¶
Notes:
(1) In 2 Cor. 10:14,
KJV
,
$
, “to stretch out overmuch,” is translated
“we stretch (not ourselves) beyond measure,” (
RV
“… overmuch).” (2) In 2 Cor. 11:9,
RV
,
, “to fill up by adding to, to supply fully,” is translated “supplied the
measure” (
KJV
, “supplied”). See
SUPPLY
. (3) For the phrases in the
KJV
, “beyond
measure,” Gal. 1:13; “out of measure,” 2 Cor. 1:8, see
ABUNDANCE
, A, No. 4,
EXCEL
, B.
(4) In Mark 6:51, some mss. have the phrase
$
, “beyond measure” (
KJV
). (5)
For the phrase “be exalted above measure,” 2 Cor. 12:7,
KJV
, see
EXALT
, A, No. 4.
B. Adverbs.
1.
$
(
% $
, 5234), “beyond measure” (
$
, “over,
beyond,” ballo, “to throw”; for the verb
$
, see
EXCEEDING
), is rendered “above
measure” in 2 Cor. 11:23.¶
2.
(
$
, 4057), Mark 10:26; see
EXCEED
, B, No. 4.
3.
$
(
% $ $
, 5249), Mark 7:37: see
ABUNDANCE
D, No. 3.¶
C. Adjective.
(
/ $
, 280), “without measure” ( , negative, and A, No. 1), is used in the
neuter plural in an adverbial phrase in 2 Cor. 10:13, 15,
, lit., “unto the
(things) without measure,”
RV
, “(we will not glory) beyond our measure”,
KJV
, “(we will
not boast) of things without measure,” referring to the sphere divinely appointed for the
apostle as to his gospel ministry; this had reached to Corinth, and by the increase of the
faith of the church there, would extend to regions beyond. His opponents had no scruples
about intruding into the spheres of other men’s work.¶
D. Verbs.
1.
(
$!
, 3354), “to measure” (akin to A, No. 1), is used (a) of space,
number, value, etc., Rev. 11:1, 2; 21:15, 16, 17; metaphorically, 2 Cor. 10:12; (b) in the
sense of “measuring” out, giving by “measure,” Matt. 7:2, “ye mete” (some mss. have
No. 2); Mark 4:24; in some mss. in Luke 6:38 (see No. 2).¶
2.
(
$!
, 488), “to measure in return” ( , “back, in return” and
No. 1), is used in the passive voice, and found in some mss. in Matt. 7:2 (the most
authentic have No. 1); in Luke 6:38 the most authentic have this verb.¶ It is not found in
the Sept.
MEAT
1.
(
$
, 1033), “food” (akin to
, “to eat,” John 6:13¶), solid food in
contrast to milk, is translated “food” in Matt. 14:15,
RV
(
KJV
, “victuals”); “meats,” Mark
7:19; 1 Cor. 6:13 (twice); 1 Tim. 4:3; Heb. 9:10; 13:9; “meat,” John 4:34; Rom. 14:15
(twice), 20; 1 Cor. 3:2; 8:8, 13; 10:3; “food,”
RV
, for
KJV
, “meat,” Luke 3:11; 9:13.¶