23 occurrences

'Measuring' in the Bible

So he got together a store of grain like the sand of the sea; so great a store that after a time he gave up measuring it, for it might not be measured.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberSandImpossible For PeoplePlenty In EgyptSand And Gravel

And he made ten brass washing-vessels, everyone taking forty baths, and measuring four cubits; one vessel was placed on every one of the ten bases.

Verse ConceptsWashingWeights And Measures, LiquidTen ThingsDimensions Of Temple FurnitureMeans Of PurifyingBronze Items For The Tabernacle

And he made the great water-vessel of metal, round in form, measuring ten cubits across from edge to edge; it was five cubits high and thirty cubits round.

Measuring into their hands six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels, a hundred talents' weight, and a hundred talents of gold,

Verse ConceptsTalentsWeights Of GoldWorth

And I will make right decision the measuring-line, and righteousness the weight: and the ice-storm will take away the safe place of false words, and the secret place will be covered by the flowing waters.

Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfPlumb LineAccuracy

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

Verse ConceptsBreath Of LifeChaosGod, The CreatorGod, The LordCreation Of The Physical HeavensSpirit, Fallen And RedeemedMan, Creation OfGod Giving Breatha new beginningGod's Creationbreathingbreath

The woodworker is measuring out the wood with his line, marking it out with his pencil: after smoothing it with his plane, and making circles on it with his instrument, he gives it the form and glory of a man, so that it may be placed in the house.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenShrinesSkillToolsBeauty, In MenLike Menartistswoodworkingmeasurement

And the measuring-line will go out in front of it as far as the hill Gareb, going round to Goah.

Verse ConceptsMeasuring Rod

And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:

Verse ConceptsBreaking SticksDrinking WaterFamine ComingFear Will ComePeople AppalledFamine Will ComeAnxiety And FearDespairweight

He took me there, and I saw a man, looking like brass, with a linen cord in his hand and a measuring rod: and he was stationed in the doorway.

Verse ConceptsBronzeMeasuring RodLinenWeights And Measures, LinearStanding In The GatewayThings Like Bronze

And there was a wall on the outside of the house all round, and in the man's hand there was a measuring rod six cubits long by a cubit and a hand's measure: so he took the measure of the building from side to side, one rod; and from base to top, one rod.

Verse ConceptsLengthWeights And Measures, LinearDimensions Of WallsDimensions Of Other Things

And when he had come to the end of measuring the inner house, he took me out to the doorway looking to the east, and took its measure all round.

Verse ConceptsFacing EastEnd Of ActionsMeasuring The Temple

He went round and took the measure of it on the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

Verse ConceptsMeasuring RodMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And he went round and took the measure of it on the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

Verse ConceptsMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

Verse ConceptsMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And he went round and took the measure of it on the west side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

Verse ConceptsWest SidesMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, and after measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters, which came over my feet.

Verse ConceptsHeelsFacing EastDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

And again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.

Verse ConceptsWaistsThighsKneesDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Landprocessmeasurement

Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.

Verse ConceptsAbundance, MaterialSwimmingDepthingMeasuring Jerusalem And The Land

For this cause you will have no one to make the decision by the measuring line in the meeting of the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNo One Available

And lifting up my eyes, I saw a man with a measuring-line in his hand.

Verse ConceptsMeasuring RodCarpentry Toolsaccomplishmentmeasurement

For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfContemptGod, Present EverywherePlumb LineVisionSmall Things God UsesSeven Body PartsSmall ThingsPatrollingGod Seeing All The Earth

Bible Theasaurus

Appraise (4 instances)
Assess (2 instances)
Evaluate (19 instances)

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