Breadth as a measurement
Isaiah 40:12 See also Genesis 6:15 Noah's arkExodus 25:10, Exodus 27:1, Exodus 27:12–13, Exodus 37:25 Deuteronomy 3:11 Og's bed; 1 Kings 6:21KI 1 Kings 7:2; 2 Chronicles 3:3, 2 Chronicles 4:1; Ezra 6:3EZK Ezra 40:7, Ezekiel 40:42, Ezekiel 41:9–12EZK Ezekiel 45:1–3, Ezekiel 48:13–15 Zechariah 2:2 Jerusalem; Zechariah 5:2 the flying scroll; Revelation 21:16 the new Jerusalem
Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
Breadth indicating large areas
Genesis 13:17 See also 2 Samuel 22:37 parallel Psalm 18:36; Job 37:10; Isaiah 8:7–8, Isaiah 30:23, Isaiah 33:21; Matthew 7:13–14
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
Breadth of understanding
And God gave Solomon wisdom, exceedingly deep insight, and understanding beyond measure, like the sand on the seashore.
Breadth of Jesus Christ's love
... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I ask that out of the riches of His glory He may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love, will have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
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Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.