Topic
Proportion
4 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 7:36ISBE
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
- Job 41:12ISBE
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
- Wisdom of Solomon 13:5ISBE
For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.
- Romans 12:6ISBE
Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 4 references
pro-por'-shun: Occurs once in the sense of "space" as the translation of ma`-ar, "void or open space" (1Ki 7:36 the King James Version margin "Hebrew `nakedness,' " the Revised Version (British and American) "space"); once in the obsolete sense of "form" as the translation of `erekh, "array," or "row" (Job 41:12, the Revised Version (British and American) "frame"); and once in the sense of "measure" as the translation of analogia, "proportion" "equality" (Ro 12:6, "the proportion of faith," the Revised Version (British and American) "the proportion of our faith"). "Proportionally" occurs in The Wisdom of Solomon 13:5, analogos, the Revised Version (British and American) "in like proportion," margin "correspondently."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.