מְשׂוּרָה
mᵉsûwrâh · H4884 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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A liquid measure, probably equal to a very small amount (measure (of liquids))
ExamplesLeviticus 19:35 ‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume.
1 Chronicles 23:29 and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is baked in the pan or what is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size.
Ezekiel 4:11 “The water you drink shall be a sixth of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- בin/on/with 4
- לto/for 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- סְאָה çᵉʼâh · H5429 · seah
- Both terms denote units or instruments of capacity; they may reflect different measurement contexts or standards within ancient Hebrew usage.
In the other Testament 1 word
- μέτρον métron · G3358 · measure, sparingly, in a limited way
- Greek μέτρον renders Hebrew מְשׂוּרָה as the standard cross-linguistic equivalent for measurement/measure terminology, both denoting a unit or act of measurement with no semantic distinction beyond language.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Capacity002001001010
- The word denotes a measure, a standard unit of capacity for grain or other goods.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4884. mesurah מְשׂוּרָה noun feminine measure, of water, Eze 4:11, Eze 4:16 (||…
מְשׂוּרָה noun feminine measure, of water, Eze 4:11, Eze 4:16 (|| מִשְׁקָל); capacity in General, Lev 19:35 ( + מִשְׁקָל מִדָּה,), 1Ch 23:29 (derivatives dubious)
מָשׂוֺשׂ see שׂוֺשׂ. מִשְׂחָק see שׂחק.
מַשְׂטֵמָה see שׂטם. [מְשֻׂכָֿה] see שׂוך. p. 962, 966, 968
מַשְׂכִּיל see שׂכל. מַשְׂכִּית see שׂכה.
[מַשְׂכֹּ֫רֶת] see שׂכר. [מַשְׂמֵר] see שׂמר.
מִשְׂמָּח see שׂפח. מִשְׂרָה see שׂרה.
[מִשְׂרָפוֺת], מַיִם מִשְׁרְפוֺת see שׂרף.
מַשְׂרֵקָה see שׂרק.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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