the measure of a man

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the measure of a man

  1. That which shows the value of a person's life; one's non-monetary worth
    • 1983, Gene A. Getz, The Measure of a Christian: Studies in Titus, →ISBN:
      The measure of a family is indeed the measure of a man — and a woman ! What we need today in the twentieth - century church , as the Christians did in Crete , are more Christlike family models . This is especially true in a society []
    • 1967, Jovito R. Salonga, Land of the Morning: A Collection of Speeches and Lectures:
      We can more easily appreciate the correct measure of a man when Death , by removing him from our sight , paradoxically enables us to see him better . We can more readily comprehend the valor and gallantry of a man in battle when by the []
    • 1995, “The Measure of a Man”, in Simply 4Him (Christian pop), performed by 4Him:
      And what's in the heart defines the measure of a man
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see measure,‎ man. [1]

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  1. ^ The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], 1611, →OCLC, Revelation 21:17:And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred, and fourtie, and foure cubites, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the Angel.