Proportion
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Easton's Bible Dictionary
Proportion of faith

(Romans 12:6). Paul says here that each one was to exercise his gift of prophecy, i.e., of teaching, "according to the proportion of faith." The meaning is, that the utterances of the "prophet" were not to fluctuate according to his own impulses or independent thoughts, but were to be adjusted to the truth revealed to him as a beliver, i.e., were to be in accordance with it.

In post-Reformation times this phrase was used as meaning that all Scripture was to be interpreted with reference to all other Scripture, i.e., that no words or expressions were to be isolated or interpreted in a way contrary to its general teaching. This was also called the "analogy of faith."

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.

2. (n.) Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.

3. (n.) The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.

4. (n.) A part considered comparatively; a share.

5. (n.) The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.

6. (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.

7. (v.) To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.

8. (v.) To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.

9. (v.) To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PROPORTION

pro-por'-shun: Occurs once in the sense of "space" as the translation of ma`-ar, "void or open space" (1 Kings 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" (Romans 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."

Greek
356. analogia -- proportion
... proportion. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: analogia Phonetic Spelling:
(an-al-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: proportion, measure Definition ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/356.htm - 7k

2531. kathos -- according as, just as
... 2531 (an adverb derived from 2596 , "according to" and 5613 , "as compared to, to
the extent of") -- properly, "in proportion, to the degree that" (J. Thayer ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2531.htm - 6k

2526. katho -- according as
... to the degree that, inasmuch as. From kata and hos; according to which thing, ie
Precisely as, in proportion as -- according to that, (inasmuch) as. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2526.htm - 7k

2531a. kathos -- according as, just as
... from kata and hos Definition according as, just as NASB Word Usage according (1),
even (13), even so (1), how (2), just (92), only (1), proportion (1), so (2 ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2531a.htm - 5k

2471. isotes -- equality
... equality. Likeness (in condition or proportion); by implication, equity --
equal(-ity). (isotes) -- 1 Occurrence. (isoteta) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2471.htm - 6k

2530. kathoti -- according as, because
... of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: kathoti Phonetic Spelling: (kath-ot'-ee) Short
Definition: according as, because Definition: (a) in proportion as, according ...
//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2530.htm - 6k

Strong's Hebrew
4971. mathkoneth -- measurement, tally, proportion
... measurement, tally, proportion. Transliteration: mathkoneth or mathkuneth Phonetic
Spelling: (math-ko'-neth) Short Definition: proportions. ...
/hebrew/4971.htm - 6k

4371. mekes -- computation, proportion to be paid, tax
... 4370, 4371. mekes. 4372 . computation, proportion to be paid, tax. Transliteration:
mekes Phonetic Spelling: (meh'-kes) Short Definition: levy. ...
/hebrew/4371.htm - 6k

8508. toknith -- measurement, proportion
... 8507, 8508. toknith. 8509 . measurement, proportion. Transliteration: toknith
Phonetic Spelling: (tok-neeth') Short Definition: perfection. ...
/hebrew/8508.htm - 6k

4626. maar -- a bare or naked place
... nakedness, proportion. From arah; a nude place, ie (literally) the pudenda, or
(figuratively) a vacant space -- nakedness, proportion. see HEBREW arah. ...
/hebrew/4626.htm - 6k

6187. erek -- an order, row, estimate
... belongs (1). equal, estimation, things that are set in order, price, proportion,
set at, suit, taxation,. From arak; a pile, equipment ...
/hebrew/6187.htm - 6k

6310. peh -- mouth
... much (3), one end (2), one end to the other (1), one end to another (1), opening
(11), parts (1), portion (2), promised* (1), proportion (5), proportionate (2 ...
/hebrew/6310.htm - 7k

Library

September the First the virtue of Proportion
... SEPTEMBER The First THE VIRTUE OF PROPORTION. MATTHEW vi.25-34. I must put first
things first. The radical fault in much of my living is want of proportion. ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/september the first the virtue.htm

Times are Measured in Proportion as they Pass By.
... Book XI. Chapter XXVII."Times are Measured in Proportion as They Pass
by. 34. Persevere, O my mind, and give earnest heed. od ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xxvii times are measured in.htm

This Power in Proportion to Faith.
... Book IV. Chapter XVIII."This Power in Proportion to Faith. "There is therefore
a measure of faith, which, if it be perfect, drives ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter xviii this power in proportion.htm

No Mere Metaphor in the Phrase Resurrection of the Dead in ...
... Chapter XXI."No Mere Metaphor in the Phrase Resurrection of the Dead In Proportion
to the Importance of Eternal Truths, is the Clearness of Their Scriptural ...
/.../tertullian/on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xxi no mere metaphor in.htm

Christ, by Preserving his Flesh Incorrupt in virginity, Draws to ...
... Chapter V."Christ, by Preserving His Flesh Incorrupt in Virginity, Draws to the
Exercise of Virginity; The Small Number of Virgins in Proportion to the ...
/.../chapter v christ by preserving his.htm

'Salt in Yourselves'
... We are sanctified in proportion as we are coming under the influence of Christian
truth, which, believed by our understandings and our hearts, supplies motives ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture d/salt in yourselves.htm

Upon the Love of Our Neighbour.
... bear the same kind of affection to our neighbour as we do to ourselves, or, that
the love we bear to our neighbour should have some certain proportion or other ...
//christianbookshelf.org/butler/human nature/sermon xii upon the love.htm

What Kind of Affinity (Convenance) it is which Excites Love.
... The affinity then which causes love does not always consist in resemblance, but
in the proportion, relation or correspondence between the lover and the thing ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter viii what kind of.htm

What the Difference is Between Christ and the Saints.
... For in proportion as anyone is fit for God's gift, so does the Divine grace reward
him: in proportion as a man seems worthy of him: in proportion as a man ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter iv what the difference.htm

The End of Theology
... also the End of Theology. The very proportion and analogy of these things
make such a connection requisite. For since the Author ...
/.../arminius/the works of james arminius vol 1/the end of theology.htm

Thesaurus
Proportion (15 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Proportion of faith. (Romans 12:6). Paul says
here that each one was to exercise his gift of prophecy, ie ...
/p/proportion.htm - 14k

Gothic
... 2. (a.) of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs,
windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great ...
/g/gothic.htm - 13k

Frame (33 Occurrences)
... frame, etc. 19. (n.) Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution;
system; as, a frame of government. 20. (n.) Particular ...
/f/frame.htm - 19k

Tower (74 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its
diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. ...
/t/tower.htm - 52k

Temper (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding
some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to ...
/t/temper.htm - 13k

Equivalent (3 Occurrences)
... in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid,
their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a ...
/e/equivalent.htm - 8k

Proportionate (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (v.) To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due
comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. ...
/p/proportionate.htm - 7k

Bar (27 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth
or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but ...
/b/bar.htm - 21k

After (10866 Occurrences)
... 13. (prep.) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
14. ... "In proportion to": Psalm 28:4; compare Psalm 90:15. ...
/a/after.htm - 12k

Assay (3 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal
in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or ...
/a/assay.htm - 9k

Resources
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Concordance
Proportion (15 Occurrences)

Acts 11:29
So the disciples decided to send relief, every one in proportion to his means, to the brethren living in Judaea.
(WEY NAS)

Romans 12:6
Having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us, if prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 8:11
And now complete the doing also, in order that, just as there was then the eagerness in desiring, there may now be the accomplishment in proportion to your means.
(WEY)

Exodus 30:32
on flesh of man it is not poured, and with its proper proportion ye make none like it; it 'is' holy; it is holy to you;
(YLT NAS)

Exodus 30:37
And the incense that thou shalt make, ye shall not make for yourselves according to the proportions of it; it shall be unto thee holy to Jehovah.
(Root in DBY YLT NAS)

Leviticus 25:16
If the number of years is great, the price will be increased, and if the number of years is small, the price will be less, for it is the produce of a certain number of years which the man is giving you.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 25:51
If there are yet many years, according to them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 25:52
If there remain but a few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according to his years of service he shall give back the price of his redemption.
(See NAS)

Numbers 35:8
And these towns are to be given out of the heritage of the children of Israel, taking the greater number from those who have much, and a smaller number from those who have little: everyone, in the measure of his heritage, is to give of his property to the Levites.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:10
You shall keep the feast of weeks to Yahweh your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give, according as Yahweh your God blesses you:
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 16:17
every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of Yahweh your God which he has given you.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 25:2
and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.
(See RSV)

Joshua 18:4
Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.
(DBY)

1 Kings 7:36
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.
(KJV WBS)

Job 41:12
I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion.
(KJV WBS)

Subtopics

Proportion

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Frame (33 Occurrences)

Tower (74 Occurrences)

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Equivalent (3 Occurrences)

Proportionate (1 Occurrence)

Bar (27 Occurrences)

After (10866 Occurrences)

Assay (3 Occurrences)

Alternate (2 Occurrences)

Answer (2099 Occurrences)

Scale (38 Occurrences)

Propitious (12 Occurrences)

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Demoniac (7 Occurrences)

Demon (26 Occurrences)

Heal (62 Occurrences)

Quota (5 Occurrences)

Olive (61 Occurrences)

Judah (802 Occurrences)

Judaeus

Lignaloes

Line (131 Occurrences)

Ledges (7 Occurrences)

Graciously (24 Occurrences)

Goodly (46 Occurrences)

Fellowship (114 Occurrences)

Fine (184 Occurrences)

Far (2526 Occurrences)

Tall (41 Occurrences)

Taste (46 Occurrences)

Tithe (30 Occurrences)

Tribute (67 Occurrences)

Reason (438 Occurrences)

Rate (23 Occurrences)

Extreme (11 Occurrences)

Equal (70 Occurrences)

Eagerness (6 Occurrences)

Equally (21 Occurrences)

Equality (3 Occurrences)

Entrusted (55 Occurrences)

Eager (43 Occurrences)

Extent (15 Occurrences)

Enormous (5 Occurrences)

Edges (28 Occurrences)

Differing (5 Occurrences)

Differ (7 Occurrences)

Diversified (1 Occurrence)

Decided (54 Occurrences)

Metals (1 Occurrence)

Model (9 Occurrences)

Measure (269 Occurrences)

Mortality (3 Occurrences)

Musical (14 Occurrences)

Makest (68 Occurrences)

Mystery (31 Occurrences)

Populous (4 Occurrences)

Proportions (3 Occurrences)

Prophesying (58 Occurrences)

Prophesy (96 Occurrences)

Philo

Proportionately (1 Occurrence)

Pinnacle (2 Occurrences)

Philippians (2 Occurrences)

Balance (12 Occurrences)

Burden (111 Occurrences)

Books (16 Occurrences)

Beam (17 Occurrences)

Basic (3 Occurrences)

Brass (168 Occurrences)

Bittern (4 Occurrences)

Bastard (2 Occurrences)

Compose (1 Occurrence)

Conceal (19 Occurrences)

Cent (4 Occurrences)

Condition (38 Occurrences)

Comely (32 Occurrences)

Additions (4 Occurrences)

Propitious
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