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meted

Meaning of “meted”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of mete, meaning to measure or apportion.

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3 occurrences3 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Isaiah 18:2

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “meted”

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Isaiah 18:2
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That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 18:2 · retained source text

That sendeth ambassadours by the sea, euen in vessels of bulrushes vpon the waters, saying; Goe yee swift messengers to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto, a nation meted out and troden downe; whose land the riuers haue spoiled.

1611 marginal noteOr, outspread and polished.

1611 marginal noteOr, a nation that meteth out, and treadeth downe. Heb. a nation of line line, and treading vnderfoote.

1611 marginal noteOr, whose land the riuers despise.

Isaiah 18:7
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¶ In that time shall the present be brought unto the Lord of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, the mount Zion.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 18:7 · retained source text

¶ In that time shall the present be brought vnto the LORD of hostes, of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and troden vnder foote, whose land the riuers haue spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hostes, the mount Zion.

1611 marginal noteOr, outspread and polished. &c.

Isaiah 40:12
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¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 40:12 · retained source text

¶ Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? and meted out heauen with the spanne, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountaines in scales, and the hilles in a balance?

1611 marginal noteHeb. a Tierce.

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Definition evidence

1 · Direct Scripture definition

Isaiah 18:2; Isaiah 18:7; Isaiah 40:12

Isaiah 40:12 directly joins measured, meted out, span, measure, scales, and balance. The parallel establishes measured, while Isaiah 18 supplies the apportioned application.