H4884 - מְשׂוּרָה (mᵉsûwrâh)

H4884 מְשׂוּרָה (mᵉsûwrâh) mes-oo-raw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

capacity

Strong's Definition

a measure (for liquids)

Derivation: from an unused root meaning apparently to divide;

KJV Usage: measure.

TWOT Reference: 1250

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) measure

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2218 G3358

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

measure

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מְשׂוּרָה meśûrâh BDB Definition: 1) measure Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning apparently to divide Same Word by TWOT Number: 1250 Total KJV Occurrences: 4

Bible Occurrences (4)

19:35

23:29

4:11 4:16

Leviticus 19:35

You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

1 Chronicles 23:29

as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.

Ezekiel 4:11

You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.......

Ezekiel 4:16

Then He told me, Son of man,... I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.