KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of measure, meaning to determine, allot, or proportion.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Jeremiah 31:39
Complete exact-word concordance
And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.
And the measuring line shall yet goe forth ouer against it, vpon the hill Gareb, and shall compasse about to Goath.
And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
And he brought mee thither, and behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brasse, with a line of flaxe in his hand, & a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate.
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about: and in the mans hand a measuring reed of sixe cubites long, by the cubite, and an hand breadth: so hee measured the breadth of the building, one reed, and the height one reed.
Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
Now when hee had made an end of measuring the inner house, hee brought mee foorth toward the gate, whose prospect is toward the East, and measured it round about.
He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
He measured the East side with the measuring reede, fiue hundreth reedes, with the measuring reed round about.
1611 marginal noteHeb. wind.
He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
Hee measured the North side fiue hundreth reedes, with a measuring reed round about.
He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
Hee measured the South side fiue hundreth reedes, with the measuring reede.
¶ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
¶ Hee turned about to the West side, and measured fiue hundreth reedes with the measuring reed.
I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
¶ I lift vp mine eyes againe, and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
For we dare not make our selues of the number, or compare our selues with some that commend themselues: but they measuring themselues by themselues, and comparing themselues amongst themselues, are not wise.
1611 marginal noteOr, vnderstand it not.
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