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ἄμετρος

ámetros · G280 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. excessive, beyond measure

    (An idiom, literally: into that which is not measured) A point on a scale going beyond what is expected

    Examples

    2 Corinthians 10:13 But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the domain which God assigned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

    2 Corinthians 10:15 not boasting beyond our measure, that is, in other people’s labors, but with the hope that as your faith grows, we will be, within our domain, enlarged even more by you,

How it’s used In 1 role

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2 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry
Excessive, beyond measure78.27
In 2 Corinthians 10:13, Paul writes, “we will not boast beyond our measure (ámetra),” describing a claim that would exceed its proper, appointed limit.
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

μέτρον métron · G3358 · measure, sparingly, in a limited way · 14×μετρέω metréō · G3354 · to measure, to give, to apportion · 11×ἄμετροςámetros · G280ἀντιμετρέω antimetréō · G488 · to repay, to return, to pay back · 1×μετρητής metrētḗs · G3355 · measure · 1×μετριοπαθέω metriopathéō · G3356 · to deal gently with, to be gently disposed toward · 1×μετρίως metríōs · G3357 · moderately, to a moderate extent · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (μέτρον a measure), without measure, immense: 2 Cor 10:13, 2 Cor 10:15f (εἰς τά ἄμετρα…
(μέτρον a measure), without measure, immense: 2 Cor 10:13, 2 Cor 10:15f (εἰς τά ἄμετρα καυχᾶσθαι to boast to an immense extent, i. e. beyond measure, excessively). (Plato, Xenophon, Anthol. iv., p. 170, and ii. 206, Jacobs edition.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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