Word Study · Strong's H4884 · Hebrew
מְשׂוּרָה
mesurah
mes-oo-raw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mᵉsûwrâh
“a measure (for liquids)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a measure (for liquids)
Rendered in the KJV as
measure.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה2
- וּבַמְּשׂוּרָֽה׃1
- מְשׂוּרָ֖ה1
How it is rendered · 3
- by measure2
- and in the volume1
- measurement1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- preposition + noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncfsa · 2
- HC/Rd/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsa · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 4:11בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥הbimsurahpreposition + noun · feminine singularYou are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.here: by measure
- Ezekiel 4:16בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥הbimsurahpreposition + noun · feminine singularThen 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.here: by measure