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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 2 / 3 (1Ki 7:2–Eze 40:30)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, H520 and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, H520 and the height thereof thirty cubits, H520 upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 - And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, H520 and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: H520 and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10 - And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, H520 and stones of eight cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits H520 high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits H520 did compass either of them about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, H520 and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: H520

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 - And he made a molten sea, ten cubits H520 from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: H520 and a line of thirty cubits H520 did compass it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, H520 compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 - And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits H520 was the length of one base, and four cubits H520 the breadth thereof, and three cubits H520 the height of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:31 - And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: H520 but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit H520 and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32 - And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit H520 and half a cubit. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:35 - And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit H520 high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: H520 and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, H520 and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; H520 and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits H520 high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits H520 after the first measure was threescore cubits, H520 and the breadth twenty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, H520 and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 - And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, H520 and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: H520 and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - And the wings of the cherubims were twenty cubits H520 long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, H520 reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, H520 reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:12 - And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, H520 reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits H520 also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: H520 and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:15 - Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits H520 high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:1 - Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits H520 the length thereof, and twenty cubits H520 the breadth thereof, and ten cubits H520 the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:2 - Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits H520 from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits H520 the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits H520 did compass it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, H520 compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits H520 long, and five cubits H520 broad, and three cubits H520 high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:13 - The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits H520 on the wall unto the dung gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits H520 high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits H520 high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:4 - And the posts H520 of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13 - O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure H520 of thy covetousness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; H520 and a fillet of twelve cubits H520 did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, H520 with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these.

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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 round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits H520 long by the cubit H520 and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; H520 and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; H520 and the posts thereof, two cubits; H520 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; H520 and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12 - The space also before the little chambers was one cubit H520 on this side, and the space was one cubit H520 on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits H520 on this side, and six cubits H520 on that side.

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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, H520 door against door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He made also posts of threescore cubits, H520 even unto the post of the court round about the gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15 - And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits H520 eastward and northward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, H520 and the breadth five and twenty cubits. H520

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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 toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, H520 and the breadth five and twenty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits H520 long, and five and twenty cubits H520 broad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30 - And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits H520 long, and five cubits H520 broad.

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