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Lexicon :: Strong's H520 - 'ammâ

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אַמָּה
Transliteration
'ammâ
Pronunciation
am-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolonged from אֵם (H517)
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TWOT Reference: 115c

Strong’s Definitions

אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x

The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x
The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. cubit - a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (.5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit (Dt 3.11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40.5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.
STRONGS H520: Abbreviations
II. אַמָּה 246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic axmAf  , אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic እመት፡ etymology dubious; Thes and others mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √ אמם, أَمَّ precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm compare Di Isaiah 6:4; DlPr 109 MV derive immediately from √אמם be wide (see above), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) — א׳ absolute Genesis 6:15 +; construct אַמַּת Deuteronomy 3:11; Jeremiah 51:13; dual אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10 +; plural אַמּוֺת Exodus 26:16 +; —
1. cubit, so אַמַּת־אִישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deuteronomy 3:11 (compare Isaiah 8:1); in Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2 Chronicles 3:3 בַּמִּחָה הָרִאשׁוֺנָה א׳; absolute length dubious, compare SmithDict. Bib., article Weights and Measures; LepsiusLängenmaasse der Alten, SBAk 1883, 1195 f. identification with Egyptian, longer cubit. 525m., shorter.450m.; see also Id.Babylonian-Assyr. Längenmaasse 1877; MBAk 1877, 741 OppertGGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d'Assyr. i. 124 (also on the Babylonian 'half-cubit' =.270 m. HptAJPh 1888, 419 HomSemiten i. 501); on אַצִּילָה א׳ Ezekiel 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ezekiel 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (56 times) 1 Kings 6, 7 (45 times) 2 Chronicles 3 & 2 Chronicles 4 (21 times) Ezekiel 40-43 (86 times); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Genesis 6:16; Exodus 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה Ezekiel 43:14; אַחַת א׳ Ezekiel 40:12 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:42 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 42:4; Ezekiel 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10, 17, 23; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 37:1, 6, 10, 25; Numbers 11:31; שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:9; Ezekiel 41:3, 22; Ezekiel 43:14; with Numbers 1-10 א׳ mostly follows number in plural Exodus 26:16; Exodus 27:1 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:10; Ezekiel 40:5, 7, 9 +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular Genesis 6:15 (3 times in verse); Exodus 27:12, 13; Exodus 38:13, 14, 15; Numbers 35:4; Joshua 3:4; 1 Kings 6:2 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:3; 1 Kings 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:21, 22; Ezekiel 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural Ezekiel 40:11 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 40:27 (Co singular) Ezekiel 42:2; so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:13, 29 but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ezekiel 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers 2 Chronicles 3:3 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:4, 8 (twice in verse) +; 2 Chronicles 6:13; Ezekiel 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers Exodus 26:2 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:9, 18; Exodus 36:9 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:15 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:21; Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 7:23 (3 times in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:2 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 40:21; Ezekiel 47:3; Zechariah 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ 2 Chronicles 3:11; often וַחֲצִי א׳ Exodus 25:10 (3 times in verse); Exodus 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also וַחֲצִי הָא׳ א׳ Exodus 26:16; Exodus 36:21; 1 Kings 17:31; 1 Kings 17:32; 1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת 1 Samuel 17:4; followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Joshua 3:4; 2 Chronicles 3:3.
2. † measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Jeremiah 51:13 (|| קִצֵּךְ).

† III. [אַמָּה] noun feminine (etymology & meaning dubious; Thes foundation (compare Talmud AW), from אֵם in metaphorical sense, compare MV; De on Isaiah 6:4 derived similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = أَمَّ precede, whence إِمَامً front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּפִּים אַמּוֺת Isaiah 6:4.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H521.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:15; 6:15; 6:16

Exodus

25; 25; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:17; 25:17; 25:23; 25:23; 26; 26:2; 26:8; 26:16; 26:16; 26:16; 27; 27:1; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 27:18; 30:2; 36:9; 36:15; 36:21; 36:21; 37:1; 37:6; 37:10; 37:25; 38:13; 38:14; 38:15

Numbers

1; 2; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11:31; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

3:11; 3:11

Joshua

3:4; 3:4

1 Samuel

17:4

1 Kings

6; 6:2; 6:3; 6:6; 6:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:23

2 Chronicles

3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:8; 3:11; 4; 4:2; 6:13

Isaiah

6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 8:1

Jeremiah

51:13; 51:13; 52:21; 52:22

Ezekiel

40; 40:5; 40:5; 40:7; 40:9; 40:9; 40:11; 40:12; 40:13; 40:21; 40:25; 40:27; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 40:42; 40:49; 41; 41:3; 41:8; 41:22; 42; 42:2; 42:2; 42:4; 42:16; 43; 43:13; 43:14; 43:14; 43:14; 47:3

Zechariah

5:2

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Strong's Number H520 matches the Hebrew אַמָּה ('ammâ),
which occurs 249 times in 132 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:15–1Ki 6:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - And thus shalt thou make it: let the length of the ark be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - A light shalt thou make to the ark; and to a cubit high shalt thou finish it above. And the door of the ark shalt thou set in its side: with a lower, second, and third story shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen cubits upward the waters prevailed; and the mountains were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - And thou shalt make a table of acacia-wood, two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits -- one measure for all the curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits -- one measure for the eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - ten cubits the length of the board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of one board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth; the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side, southward, hangings for the court of twined byssus; a hundred cubits the length for the one side,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - -- And the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - -- And the breadth of the court on the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - -- And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, embroidered with needlework; their pillars four, and their bases four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof -- square shall it be; and two cubits its height; of itself shall be its horns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of one curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits -- one measure for all the curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of one curtain -- one measure for the eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - ten cubits the length of the boards, and one cubit and a half the breadth of one board;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - -- And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - And he made the table of acacia-wood; two cubits the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 - And he made the altar of incense of acacia-wood; a cubit the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, square, and two cubits the height thereof: its horns were of itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And on the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars twenty, and their bases twenty, of copper; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - And on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - -- And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and drove quails from the sea, and cast them about the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - And the suburbs of the cities that ye shall give unto the Levites shall be from the walls of the city outward, a thousand cubits round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the residue of giants: behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? its length was nine cubits, and its breadth four cubits, after the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - yet there shall be a distance between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure. Ye shall not come near it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - And the house that king Solomon built for Jehovah was sixty cubits in length, and twenty in breadth, and thirty cubits in height.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - And the porch, in front of the temple of the house, was twenty cubits in length, in front of the house broadways, and ten cubits was its breadth, in front of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest floor was five cubits broad, and the middle one was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for in the thickness of the wall of the house he made resets round about outside, that nothing should be fastened in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he built the floors against all the house, five cubits high; and they held to the house by the timbers of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built twenty cubits of the innermost part of the house, both floor and walls, with boards of cedar; and he built them for it within, to be the oracle, the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And the oracle within was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he overlaid the cedar-wood altar --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - and one wing of the cherub was five cubits, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - and the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so of the other cherub.

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