מְשׂוּרָה
mesura · liquid measure
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4884 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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mesura (מְשׂוּרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “liquid measure”.
A measure for liquids.
How to say it
me·su·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A fixed vessel for gauging liquids.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Where it appears
- Leviticus 19:35
You shall not do injustice in judgment, in measure of length, in weight, or in measure of capacity.
- 1 Chronicles 23:29
and for the bread of the row, and for the fine flour for the grain offering, and for the unleavened wafers and for what is baked on the griddle and for what is well mixed, and for every measure of capacity and of length;
- Ezekiel 4:11
And water by measure you will drink, the sixth of a hin; from time to time you will drink it.
- Ezekiel 4:16
And he said to me, “Son of man, look, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and water by measure and appalled they will drink,