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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
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TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).
  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred:
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 579 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 11 (Num 26:25–Jdg 18:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27 - These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34 - These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. H3967 These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 - These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51 - These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred H3967 thousand and a thousand seven hundred H3967 and thirty.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, H3967 which came from the battle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, H3967 both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 - And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred H3967 thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 - And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred H3967 thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred H3967 sheep:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - And the LORD'S tribute of the sheep was six hundred H3967 and threescore and fifteen.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; H3967 of which the LORD'S tribute was threescore and one.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - (Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred H3967 thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred H3967 sheep,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 - And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, H3967 came near unto Moses:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, H3967 was sixteen thousand seven hundred H3967 and fifty shekels.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, H3967 and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:39 - And Aaron was an hundred H3967 and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, H3967 and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - And they shall amerce him in an hundred H3967 shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:2 - And he said unto them, I am an hundred H3967 and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - And Moses was an hundred H3967 and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred H3967 shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:29 - And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred H3967 and ten years old.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 - And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred H3967 pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:8 - And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred H3967 and ten years old.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 - And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred H3967 men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred H3967 chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred H3967 chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred H3967 men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred H3967 men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred H3967 men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided the three hundred H3967 men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 - So Gideon, and the hundred H3967 men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - And the three hundred H3967 blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred H3967 men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 - Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred H3967 and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred H3967 shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred H3967 years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - And Samson went and caught three hundred H3967 foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred H3967 pieces of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:2 - And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred H3967 shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - And when he had restored the eleven hundred H3967 shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred H3967 shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 - And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred H3967 men appointed with weapons of war.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - And the six hundred H3967 men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred H3967 men that were appointed with weapons of war.

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