μέτρον

mevtron mevtron,
mevtrou,
tov, the Septuagint chiefly for hD;mi (cf.
mhvthr), measure;1. an instrument for measuring; a. a vessel for receiving and determining the quantity of things, whether dry or liquid: in proverbial discourse,
mevtrein
mevtrw/, of the measure of the benefits which one confers on others, ;
mevtron
pepiesmevnon
kaiv
sesaleumevnon, figuratively equivalent to most abundant requital, ibid.;
plhrou'n
tov
mevtron
tw'n
patevrwn, to add what is lacking in order to fill up their ancestors' prescribed number of crimes, (see
plhrovw, 2 a.);
ejk
mevtrou (A. V. by measure; see
ejk, V. 3) i. e. sparingly, (also
ejn
mevtrw/, ). b. a graduated staff for measuring, measuring-rod: ; with
ajnqrwvpou added (man's measure), such as men use, ; hence, in proverbial discourse, the rule or standard of judgment: ; .2. determined extent, portion measured off, measure or limit: with a genitive of the thing received, ; ; ();
ejn
mevtrw/, in proportion to the measure (cf. Winer's Grammar, sec. 48, a. 3 b. and see
ejnevrgeia; others, in due measure), ; the required measure, the due, fit, measure:
th'"
hJlikiva", the proper i. e. ripe, full age (see
hJlikiva, 1 c.) (of a man), (
hJbh", Homer, Iliad 11, 225; Odyssey 11, 317; Solon 5, 52 (Poet. Min. Gr. (edited by Gaisford) )).*