metreo denotes measuring places or structures, and also the measure applied in reciprocal judgment or giving.

The predominant attested use is the measuring of designated sacred spaces, a city, or its wall with a measuring implement. It also occurs in sayings where the measure a person uses is returned to that person, and once of people measuring themselves by themselves in self-comparison.

1. Measuring spaces, a city, and structures · dominant

   The aorist forms concern a command or intended action to measure the temple, altar, worshipers, city, gates, wall, and courtyard. In Revelation 11:1 the APB renders the command, "Arise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship in it," while Revelation 21:16 and Revelation 21:17 report dimensions after the city and its wall are measured.

   Revelation 11:1Revelation 11:2Revelation 21:15Revelation 21:16Revelation 21:17
2. Applying a measure that is returned · common

   The present active plural forms occur in parallel clauses about the measure used and the measure received in return. In Luke 6:38 the APB renders, "with the measure you measure it will be measured back to you"; Mark 4:24 and Matthew 7:2 likewise connect the measure used with what is measured to the hearers.

   Luke 6:38Mark 4:24Matthew 7:2
3. Measuring oneself in self-comparison · rare

   In 2 Corinthians 10:12, the present active masculine plural participle appears in the clause about those who measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves. The APB presents this self-measuring as part of conduct said to lack understanding.

   2 Corinthians 10:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across these verses, the APB repeatedly uses forms of "measure" for both the measuring of spaces and the reciprocal sayings about a measure being returned. In 2 Corinthians 10:12 it also uses "measure themselves" in the self-comparison clause; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.