Odometer comes from the Greek words ὁδός (hodos) and μέτρον (metron)
So an odometer measures your path.
ὁδός (hodos) looks like "odos". The "h" is from "rough breathing" and doesn't get a letter of its own.
μέτρον (metron) is the word we get meter and the metric system from. As well as any kind of meter, like an odometer or a spectrometer. And words ending in -metry.
I'll bet you can think of several.
Are there odometers in the New Testament?
The New Testament was written before odometers were invented, but ὁδός (hodos) and μέτρον (metron) are both used in Mark 4. Just not in the same verses.
"Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path (ὁδόν, hodon), and the birds came and devoured it." (Mark 4:3-4, ESV)
"with what measure (μέτρῳ, metrō) ye mete (μετρεῖτε, metreite), it shall be measured (μετρηθήσεται, metrēthēsetai) to you" (from Mark 4:24, KJV)
You can really see μέτρον (metron) and μετρέω (metreō) in the King James Version.
Metre what tai?
I know. μετρηθήσεται (metrēthēsetai) looks pretty impressive.
But it includes all the information in 4 English words: it shall be measured.
The ending θήσεται (thēsetai) means "will be" and it is actually used 4 times on 4 different verbs in Mark 4:24-25:
Learn Greek by Reading Greek
Learning Greek by reading Greek isn't as hard as it sounds.
Not that it's easy!😂
But learning what -θήσεται (-thēsetai) means from its 4 uses in Mark 4:24-25 has got to be easier than calling it the "future passive indicative third person singular" and trying to memorize it. 😝
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