Dict: easton - Measure

Measure @ Several words are so rendered in the Authorized Version.

(1.) Those which are indefinite. (a) Hok, kjv@Isaiah:5:14, elsewhere "statute." (b) Mad, kjv@Job:11:9; kjv@Jeremiah:13:25, elsewhere "garment." (c) Middah, the word most frequently thus translated, kjv@Exodus:26:2 kjv@Exodus:26:8, etc. (d) Mesurah, kjv@Leviticus:19:35; kjv@1Chronicles:23:29. (e) Mishpat, kjv@Jeremiah:30:11, elsewhere "judgment." (f) Mithkoneth and token, kjv@Ezekiel:45:11. (g) In New Testament metron, the usual Greek word thus rendered kjv@Matthew:7:2 kjv@Matthew:23:32; kjv@Mark:4:24).

(2.) Those which are definite. (a) 'Eyphah, kjv@Deuteronomy:25:14-15, usually "ephah." (b) Ammah, kjv@Jeremiah:51:13, usually "cubit." (c) Kor, kjvKings:4:22, elsewhere "cor;" Greek koros, kjv@Luke:16:7. (d) Seah, kjv@Genesis:18:6; kjv@1Samuel:25:18, a seah; Greek saton, kjv@Matthew:13:33; kjv@Luke:13:21. (e) Shalish, "a great measure," kjv@Isaiah:40:12; literally a third, i.e., of an ephah. (f) In New Testament batos, kjv@Luke:16:6, the Hebrew "bath;" and choinix, kjv@Revelation:6:6, the choenix, equal in dry commodities to one-eighth of a modius.