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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 - And when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack: they gathered every man according to his eating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:6 - God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:7 - God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and measure out the valley of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - And behold a wall on the outside of the house around, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and a hand-breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed: and the hight, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he came to the gate which looketh towards the east, and ascended its stairs, and measured the threshhold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshhold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

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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 posts, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, 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 then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the breadth from the front of the lower gate to the front of the inner court without, a hundred cubits eastward and northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 - And the gate of the outward court that looked towards the north, he measured its length, and its breadth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate towards the north, and towards the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 - After that he brought me towards the south, and behold a gate towards the south: and he measured its posts and its arches according to these measures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And there was a gate in the inner court towards the south: and he measured from gate to gate towards the south a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 - And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 - And he brought me into the inner court towards the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 - And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - So he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length of it forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - So he measured the length of it twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Afterward he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round the house on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with its walls, a hundred cubits long;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and its galleries on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:15 - Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth towards the gate whose prospect is towards the east, and measured it around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

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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 reeds, with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall around, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - Thou son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 - And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border to the east sea. And 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 children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said to them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth, and what is its length.
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