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G280 ἄμετρος (ámetros)
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Quick Definition

ἄμετρος, ον Adj not measurable, immeasurable

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3358; immoderate

KJV Usage: (thing) without measure

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + μετρέω

78.27 · Degree · Much, Little [Positive-Negative Degree]

Collocation: εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα

excessive, beyond measure (an idiom, literally: into that which is not measured) a point on a scale going beyond what is expected In a number of languages one can perhaps best render this statement in 2CO 10:13 as ‘we will not boast too much’ or ‘we will boast only so much.’

2CO 10:13 · 2CO 10:15

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄμετρος, -ov, (μέτρον a measure), without measure, immense: 2 Co. x. 13, 15 sq. (εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα καυχᾶσθαι to boast to an immense extent, i. e. beyond measure, excessively). (Plat., Xen., Anthol. iv. p. 170, and ii. 206, ed. Jacobs. )

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄμετρος ametros 2x

without or beyond measure, regardless of measure, 2 Cor. 10:13, 15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἄμετρος, -ον

(< μέτρον),

without measure: adverbially, εἰς τὰ ἄ., excessively, II Co 10:13 10:15†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄμετρος. The form ἀμέτρητος occurs in a touching sepulchral inscription regarding a husband and wife from Khodes /A/de 149 (ii/B.c.): ταὐτὰ λέγοντες ταὐτὰ φρονοῦντες ἤλθομεν τὰν ἀμέτρητον ὁδὸν εἰς “Alday.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄμετρος (ametros) — immoderate. ἄμετρος, ον, without or beyond measure, immense, κακόν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; opposed to μετρητός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -τρως[Refs]: neuter plural as adverb, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. immoderate, in moral sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb -τρως[Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. neverceasing, τέττιγες[Refs 4th c.BC+]

4. disproportionate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος most unequal, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. without metre, prosaic, opposed to ἔμμετρος, [Refs 4th c.BC+] adverb -τρως unmetrically, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; not in metre, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

III. ἄμετρος, ={βάτος}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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