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Lexicon :: Strong's H4058 - māḏaḏ

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מָדַד
Transliteration
māḏaḏ
Pronunciation
maw-dad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1146

Strong’s Definitions

מָדַד mâdad, maw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended:—measure, mete, stretch self.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H4058 in the following manner: measure (47x), mete out (2x), mete (1x), stretched (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H4058 in the following manner: measure (47x), mete out (2x), mete (1x), stretched (1x).

  1. to measure, stretch

    1. (Qal) to measure

    2. (Niphal) to be measured

    3. (Piel)

      1. to extend, continue

      2. to measure, measure off

    4. (Po) measured

    5. (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָדַד mâdad, maw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended:—measure, mete, stretch self.
STRONGS H4058: Abbreviations
מָדַד 53 verb measure (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מדד; Arabic bdb055101 extend, stretch, bdb055102 a corn-measure, etc.; Assyrian madâdu, measure; Jewish-Aramaic noun מִידָּה measure, proportion, rule); —
Qal Perfect מ׳ (מָדָ֑ד) Isaiah 40:12 + 9 times Ezekiel; suffix מְדָדוֺ Ezekiel 42:15, Ezekiel 42:20; 1st person singular וּמַדֹּתִ֫י Isaiah 65:7; וּמָֽדְדוּ consecutive Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezekiel 43:10; וּמַדֹּתֶם consecutive Numbers 35:5; Imperfect וַיָּ֫מָד Ruth 3:15 + 22 times Ezekiel; 2nd person masculine singular תָּמוֺד Ezekiel 45:3; וַיָּמֹ֫דּוּ Exodus 16:18; תָּמֹ֫דּוּ Ezekiel 47:18; Infinitive לָמֹד Zechariah 2:6 [Zechariah 2:2]; — measure, chiefly literal (usually followed by accusative of thing; object omitted Exodus 16:18; Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezekiel 40:35, compare Ezekiel 47:18 (but see Co); followed by accusative of measure Ruth 3:15; Ezekiel 42:19; Ezekiel 47:3, Ezeliel 47:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:5); —
1. measure of length, distance Numbers 35:5 (P), Deuteronomy 21:2 (D), Ezekiel 40:5, Ezekiel 40:6, Ezekiel 40:8, Ezekiel 40:20 + 32 times Ezekiel 40-47 Zechariah 2:6 [Zechariah 2:2].
2. of dry measure Exodus 16:18 (P), Ruth 3:15.
3. figurative of measuring waters Isaiah 40:12 (of י׳); of requital Isaiah 65:7.
† Niph. Imperfect יִמַּד Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Jeremiah 33:22; יִמַּדּוּ Jeremiah 31:37; — be measured, of sand of sea Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Jeremiah 33:22; of heavens Jeremiah 31:37.
† Pi. Perfect וּמִדַּדֿ consecutive [H4059 Job 7:4] (compare Ges§ 52. 2. R. 1); Imperfect וַיְמַדֵּד 2 Samuel 8:2; וַיְמַדְּדֵם 2 Samuel 8:2; אֲמַדֵּד Psalm 60:8 [Psalm 60:6]; Psalm 108:8 [Psalm 108:7]; —
1. extend, continue (= make extent or continuation), subject עֶרֶב [H4059 Job 7:4].
2. measure, measure off, בַחֶבֶל, of apportioning Moabites to death and life, followed by suffix 2 Samuel 8:2; also object חֲבָלִים 2 Samuel 8:2; metaphor of conquest, followed by accusative, Psalm 60:8 [Psalm 60:6] = Psalm 108:8 [Psalm 108:7] (|| חִלֵּק).
Po. Imperfect וַיְמֹ֫דֶד H4128 Habakkuk 3:6 (subject God, object אֶרֶץ), measured (namely, with eye) Vulgate Hi AV RV, but dubious; Greek Version of the LXX ἐσαλεύθη, Targum אֲזִיעַ, hence shook Ew Ke Or and others (from √ [מוֺד =] מוֺט, but read then rather וַיְמֹטֵט, although מוט not elsewhere in this conjugation; We, plausibly, וַיְמֹגֵג √ מוג, compare Nahum 1:5).
†Hithpo. וַיִּתְמֹדֵד followed by עַלהַֿיֶ֫לֶד; 1 Kings 17:21 measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:18; 16:18; 16:18

Numbers

35:5; 35:5

Deuteronomy

21:2; 21:2; 21:2

Ruth

3:15; 3:15; 3:15

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 8:2; 8:2

1 Kings

17:21

Psalms

60:6; 60:6; 108:7; 108:7

Isaiah

40:12; 40:12; 65:7; 65:7

Jeremiah

31:37; 31:37; 33:22; 33:22

Ezekiel

40:5; 40:6; 40:8; 40:20; 40:35; 42:15; 42:19; 42:20; 43:10; 45:3; 47:3; 47:4; 47:5; 47:18; 47:18

Hosea

1:10; 1:10

Nahum

1:5

Habakkuk

3:6

Zechariah

2:2; 2:2

H4058

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Strong's Number H4058 matches the Hebrew מָדַד (māḏaḏ),
which occurs 51 times in 49 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered a large amount had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered according to his need (family size).

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure outside the city on the east, south, west, and north sides two thousand cubits (3,000 ft.), with the city in the center. This shall belong to the Levites as pasture lands for the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - then your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the dead person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - He also said, “Give me the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” So Ruth held it and he measured out six measures of barley [into it] and placed it on her. And she went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 -

He defeated [fn]Moab, and [fn]measured them with a length of rope, making them lie down on the ground; he measured two lengths to [choose those to] put to death, and one full length to [choose those to] be kept alive. And the [surviving] Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - Then he stretched himself out upon the child three times, and called to the LORD and said, “O LORD my God, please let this child’s life return to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:6 -

God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]:

“I will rejoice, I will divide [the land of] Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth [west to east].

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:7 -

God has spoken in His [fn]holiness:

“I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people],

And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 -

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand,

And marked off the heavens with a span [of the hand],

And calculated the dust of the earth with a [fn]measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 -

Both your own wickedness and the wickedness of your fathers,” says the LORD.

“Since they too have made offerings with incense on the mountains

And scorned and taunted Me on the hills,

I therefore will measure [punishment for] their former work [directly] into their [fn]arms.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 -

Thus says the LORD,

“If the heavens above can be measured

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also cast off and abandon all the descendants of Israel

For all that they have done,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - ‘As the host of [the stars of] heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 -

And behold, there was a wall all around the outside [area] of the temple (house) [of the LORD], and in the man’s hand a measuring rod six cubits long (10.2 ft.), [fn]each [fn]cubit being longer than the [fn]standard one by a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he went to the gate which faced the east and went up its [seven] steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width; and the other threshold [of the gate inside the thick wall] was one rod in width.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - He also measured the porch of the gate facing inward [toward the temple of the LORD], one rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits, and its side pillars, two cubits. The porch of the gate faced inward [toward the temple of the LORD].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the width of the [fn]gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - He measured the gate from the roof of one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the opposite door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a hundred cubits [both] on the east and on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 -

And as for the gate of the outer courtyard which faced the north he measured [both] its length and its width.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 -

Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches, [fn]and they measured the same as the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - The inner courtyard had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 -

Then the man (angel) brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 -

He brought me into the inner courtyard toward the east, and he measured the gate; it measured the same as the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 -

Then he brought me to the north gate and he measured it; the measurements were the same as those of the other gates,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - He measured the courtyard, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, a perfect square; and the altar was in front of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 -

Then he brought me to the porch of the temple, and he measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 -

Then he (the angel) brought me to the nave (outer sanctuary) and measured the side pillars; six cubits wide on each side was the width of the [fn]side pillar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the [fn]sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its width, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went inside [the inner sanctuary] and measured each side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits [high], and the width of the doorway, seven cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - He measured the length [of the interior of the inner sanctuary], twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, [fn]opposite the nave (outer sanctuary); and he said to me, “This is the [fn]Most Holy Place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 -

Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits [thick, to accommodate side chambers]; and the width of every side chamber, four cubits, all around the temple on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 -

Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; the separate area and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 -

He (the angel) measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner sanctuary and the porches (porticoes) of the courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:15 -

Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple, he brought me out toward the gate which faced east and measured the outer area all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring [fn]rod, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side, five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned about to the west side and measured five hundred rods by the measuring rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five hundred and the width five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy [the temple proper] and that which was common [the outer area].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 -

“As for you, son of man, [fn]describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins; and let them measure its plan [in detail].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - “And in this area you shall measure off a portion 25,000 cubits in length and 10,000 cubits in width. And in it shall be the sanctuary which is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 -

When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water that was ankle-deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured a thousand [cubits] and led me through the water, water that was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand [cubits] and led me through the water, water reaching the hips.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Again he measured a thousand [cubits]; and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be crossed [by wading].

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 -

“The east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 -

Yet the number of the [fn]sons of Israel

Shall be like the sand of the sea,

Which cannot be measured or numbered;

And in the place

Where it is said to them,

“You are not My people,”

It will be said to them,

“You are the sons of the living God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”
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