Immeasurable
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The term "immeasurable" refers to something that is beyond the capacity to be measured or quantified. In the context of the Bible, it often describes the infinite nature and attributes of God, His love, wisdom, and power, as well as the vastness of His creation and the depth of His grace and mercy.

God's Immeasurable Nature

The Bible frequently emphasizes the immeasurable aspects of God's character. In Job 11:7-9 , Zophar the Naamathite challenges Job, saying, "Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty? They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know? Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea." This passage highlights the incomprehensible and boundless nature of God, suggesting that human understanding is limited in grasping the full extent of His being.

Immeasurable Love

One of the most profound expressions of God's immeasurable nature is His love for humanity. Ephesians 3:17-19 speaks to this, where the Apostle Paul prays that believers "may have power, together with all the saints, to comprehend the length and width and height and depth of His love, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." Here, the love of Christ is described as surpassing knowledge, indicating its immeasurable quality.

Immeasurable Wisdom and Knowledge

God's wisdom and knowledge are also depicted as immeasurable. Romans 11:33 exclaims, "O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!" This verse underscores the vastness and depth of God's wisdom, which is beyond human comprehension and cannot be fully explored or understood.

Immeasurable Power

The power of God is another attribute described as immeasurable. In Ephesians 1:19-20 , Paul speaks of "the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. He displayed this power in the working of His mighty strength, which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms." The resurrection of Christ is presented as a demonstration of God's immeasurable power, a power that is active and available to believers.

Immeasurable Grace

The grace of God is also portrayed as immeasurable. In Ephesians 2:7 , Paul writes, "in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus." The "surpassing riches" of God's grace indicate its boundless and infinite nature, extended to humanity through Jesus Christ.

Immeasurable Creation

The creation itself reflects the immeasurable nature of God. Psalm 147:4-5 states, "He determines the number of the stars; He calls them each by name. Great is our Lord and mighty in power; His understanding has no limit." The vastness of the universe, with its innumerable stars, serves as a testament to God's infinite power and understanding.

Throughout Scripture, the concept of the immeasurable serves to remind believers of the greatness and majesty of God, encouraging a posture of humility, awe, and worship. The immeasurable attributes of God provide assurance of His sovereignty and faithfulness, offering comfort and hope to those who trust in Him.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(a.) Incapable of being measured; indefinitely extensive; vast.
Greek
280. ametros -- without measure
... measure. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ametros Phonetic Spelling:
(am'-et-ros) Short Definition: not measurable, immeasurable Definition: not ...
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Sin Immeasurable
... Sin Immeasurable. A Sermon (No.299). Delivered on Sabbath Morning, February
12th, 1860, by the. REV. CH SPURGEON. At Exeter Hall, Strand. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 6 1860/sin immeasurable.htm

The Measure of Immeasurable Power
... EPHESIANS THE MEASURE OF IMMEASURABLE POWER. 'That ye may know ... what is
the exceeding greatness of His power to usward who believe ...
/.../the measure of immeasurable power.htm

On the Immeasurable Joys of Heaven.
... PART THE FIRST. CHAPTER XII. On The Immeasurable Joys of Heaven. Eternal
Wisdom."Now lift up thy eyes and see where thou dost belong. ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xii on the immeasurable.htm

On the Immeasurable Dignity of Temporal Suffering.
... PART THE FIRST. CHAPTER XIII. On The Immeasurable Dignity of Temporal
Suffering. The Servant."Tell me now, tender Lord, what this ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xiii on the immeasurable.htm

Immeasurable Love
... Immeasurable Love. A Sermon (No.1850). ... Now, there happened to be an occasion
upon which the great God could display his immeasurable love. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 31 1885/immeasurable love.htm

Man's Greatness and God's Greatness.
... You have come in contact with something so immeasurable"beyond the narrow range
of our common speculations"that you are exalted by the very conception of it ...
/.../robertson/sermons preached at brighton/xviii mans greatness and gods.htm

Whether the Grace of Christ is Infinite?
... Objection 1: It would seem that Christ's grace is infinite. For everything
immeasurable is infinite. But the grace of Christ is ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether the grace of christ.htm

Whether the Power of God is Infinite?
... On the contrary, Hilary says (De Trin. viii), that "God's power is immeasurable.
He is the living mighty one." Now everything that is immeasurable is infinite. ...
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Through Three Things a Man Becomes God-Seeing
... This simple Unity of God none can feel or possess save he who maintains himself
in the immeasurable radiance, and in the love which is above reason and wayless ...
/.../the adornment of the spritual marriage/chapter iii through three things.htm

On the Unspeakable Advantages to be Derived from Meditating on the ...
... since, reckoned against his sins, they are but as a little drop in the deep ocean;
and then, let him confidently weigh the immeasurable greatness of My ...
/.../suso/a little book of eternal wisdom/chapter xiv on the unspeakable.htm

Thesaurus
Immeasurable (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Incapable of being measured; indefinitely extensive;
vast. Multi-Version Concordance Immeasurable (2 Occurrences). ...
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Immeasurably (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (adv.) In an immeasurable manner or degree.
Multi-Version Concordance Immeasurably (2 Occurrences). Romans ...
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Aeon
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A period of immeasurable duration; also,
an emanation of the Deity. See Eon. 2. (n.) An immeasurable...
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Eternity (23 Occurrences)
... 1. Contrast with Time: Eternity is best conceived, not in the merely negative form
of the non-temporal, or immeasurable time, but positively, as the mode of ...
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Immature (1 Occurrence)

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Measureless (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Without measure; unlimited; immeasurable.
Multi-Version Concordance Measureless (2 Occurrences). 1 ...
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Beggarly (2 Occurrences)
... their outward show. He therefore here emphasizes to the immeasurable
superiority of the riches and liberty in Christ. He further ...
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Breadth (100 Occurrences)
... of God's law (Psalm 119:96); of the heart (1 Kings 4:29, rendered "largeness of
heart" English Versions); of God's immeasurable love (Ephesians 3:18). ...
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Comprehend (9 Occurrences)
... So God's immeasurable greatness is seen in His being able to hold oceans in the
hollow of His hand and "comprehend the dust of the earth in a measure" (Isaiah ...
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Almodad (2 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Immeasurable, the first named of the sons of Joktan
(Genesis 10:26), the founder of an Arabian tribe. Int. ...
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Resources
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Immeasurable (2 Occurrences)

Ephesians 1:19
and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
(See RSV)

Ephesians 2:7
that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus;
(See RSV)

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