KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Standards, vessels, or amounts used in measuring. Sense 2: Determines, allots, or proportions.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 18:6
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Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.
Since those dayes were, when one came to an heape of twentie measures, there were but ten: when one came to the presse-fatte for to draw out fiftie vessels out of the presse, there were but twentie.
¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
¶ Another parable spake he vnto them, The kingdome of heauen is like vnto leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.
1611 marginal noteThe worde in the Greek is a measure conteining about a peck and an halfe, wanting litle more then a pinte.
1611 marginal noteLuke 13.20.
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
It is like leauen, which a woman tooke and hidde in three measures of meale, till the whole was leauened.
1611 marginal noteSee Mat. 13.33.
And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
And hee said, An hundred measures of oyle. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill, and sit downe quickly, and write fiftie.
1611 marginal noteThe word Batus in the originall conteineth nine gallons 3. quarts.
Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
Then said hee to another, And how much owest thou? And hee said, An hundred measures of wheat. And hee saide vnto him, Take thy bill and write fourescore.
1611 marginal noteThe word here interpreted a measure, in the originall conteineth about foureteene bushels and a pottle.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
And I heard a voice in the midst of the foure beastes say, A measure of wheate for a penie, and three measures of barley for a penie, and see thou hurt not the oyle and the wine.
1611 marginal noteThe word chænix signifieth a measure containing one wine quart, and the twelfth part of a quart.
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