Bible Encyclopedias
Proportion

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

prṓ - pōr´shun : Occurs once in the sense of "space" as the translation of מער , 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 analogı́a , "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, analógōs , the Revised Version (British and American) "in like proportion," margin "correspondently."