KJV dictionary & concordance

measures

Meaning of “measures”

Sense 1: Standards, vessels, or amounts used in measuring. Sense 2: Determines, allots, or proportions.

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39 occurrences36 verses16 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 18:6

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1 Samuel 25:18

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¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:18 · retained source text

¶ Then Abigail made haste, and tooke two hundred loaues, and two bottles of wine, and fiue sheepe readie dressed, and fiue measures of parched corne, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figges, and laid them on asses.

1611 marginal noteOr, lumps.

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Where “measures” appears

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verse Deuteronomy1 occurrence
1 verse Ruth2 occurrences
2 verses 1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse 1 Kings7 occurrences
5 verses 2 Kings3 occurrences
3 verses 2 Chronicles3 occurrences
2 verses Ezra1 occurrence
1 verse Job1 occurrence
1 verse Proverbs1 occurrence
1 verse Jeremiah1 occurrence
1 verse Ezekiel11 occurrences
11 verses Haggai1 occurrence
1 verse Matthew1 occurrence
1 verse Luke3 occurrences
3 verses Revelation1 occurrence
1 verse

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Genesis 18:6 1 Kings 4:22 2 Kings 7:1 Ezra 7:22 Ezekiel 40:28 Ezekiel 43:13 Haggai 2:16 Revelation 6:6