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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 - “Now this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark [fn]300 cubits H520, its breadth 50 cubits H520, and its height 30 cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - “You shall make a [fn]window for the ark, and complete it to one [fn]cubit H520 from [fn]the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The water prevailed [fn]fifteen cubits H520 higher, and the mountains were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 -

“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half [fn]cubits H520 [fn]long, and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]wide, and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]high.

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“You shall make a [fn]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half [fn]cubits H520 [fn]long and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]wide.

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“You shall make a table of acacia wood, two [fn]cubits H520 [fn]long and one cubit H520 [fn]wide and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - “The length of each curtain shall be [fn]twenty-eight cubits H520, and the width of each curtain four [fn]cubits H520; all the curtains shall have [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - “The length of each curtain shall be [fn]thirty cubits H520, and the width of each curtain four cubits H520; the eleven curtains shall have [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - “The cubit H520 on one side and the cubit H520 on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall lap over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - “Ten cubits H520 shall be the length of [fn]each board, and one and a half cubits H520 the width of each board.

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“And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five [fn]cubits H520 long and five cubits H520 wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits H520.

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“You shall make the court of the [fn]tabernacle. [fn]On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen [fn]one hundred cubits H520 long for one side;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - “For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits H520 with their ten pillars and their ten bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - “The width of the court on the east side toward the sunrise shall be fifty cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - “The hangings for the one [fn]side of the gate shall be [fn]fifteen cubits H520 with their three pillars and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - “And as for the gate of the court there shall be a screen of [fn]twenty cubits H520, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a [fn]weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - “The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits H520, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits H520 of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - “Its length shall be a [fn]cubit H520, and its width a cubit H520; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits H520; its horns shall be [fn]of the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of each curtain was [fn]twenty-eight cubits H520 and the width of each curtain four [fn]cubits H520; all the curtains had [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of each curtain was [fn]thirty cubits H520 and four cubits H520 the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had [fn]the same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - Ten cubits H520 was the length of [fn]each board and one and a half cubits H520 the width of each board.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 -

And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half [fn]cubits H520, and its width one and a half cubits H520, and its height one and a half cubits H520;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - He made a [fn]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half [fn]cubits H520 [fn]long and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]wide.

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Then he made the table of acacia wood, two [fn]cubits H520 [fn]long and a cubit H520 [fn]wide and one and a half cubits H520 [fn]high.

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Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit H520 [fn]long and a cubit H520 [fn]wide, square, and two cubits H520 [fn]high; its horns were of one piece with it.

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Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five [fn]cubits H520 [fn]long, and five cubits H520 [fn]wide, square, and three cubits H520 [fn]high.

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Then he made the court: [fn]for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, [fn]one hundred cubits H520;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - For the north side there were one hundred cubits H520; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - For the west side there were hangings of [fn]fifty cubits H520 with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - For the east side toward the sunrise fifty cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings for the one [fn]side of the gate were [fn]fifteen cubits H520, with their three pillars and their three bases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and so for the [fn]other [fn]side. [fn]On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits H520, with their three pillars and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the [fn]weaver, of [fn]blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was [fn]twenty cubits H520 and the [fn]height was five cubits H520, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

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Now there went forth a wind from Yahweh, and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and [fn]about two [fn]cubits H520 over the surface of the ground.

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“And the pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city [fn]outward [fn]one thousand cubits H520 around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure outside the city on the east side [fn]two thousand cubits H520, and on the south side two thousand cubits H520, and on the west side two thousand cubits H520, and on the north side two thousand cubits H520, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his [fn]bedstead was an iron [fn]bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was [fn]nine cubits H520, and its width four cubits H520 [fn]by ordinary cubit H520.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - “However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about [fn]2,000 cubits H520 by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - Then a champion came out from the camps of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was [fn]six cubits H520 and a [fn]span.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - As for the house which King Solomon built for Yahweh, its length was [fn]sixty cubits H520 and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - And the porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits H520 [fn]in length, [fn]corresponding to the width of the house, and its [fn]depth along the front of the house was ten cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest story was five cubits H520 wide, and the middle was six cubits H520 wide, and the third was seven cubits H520 wide; for on the outside he [fn]made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not [fn]be inserted in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - He also built the stories against the whole house, each five [fn]cubits H520 high; and they [fn]were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built twenty cubits H520 on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the [fn]ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, as the Holy of Holies.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And the house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was [fn]forty cubits H520 long.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - Now [fn]the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits H520 in length, twenty cubits H520 in width, and twenty cubits H520 in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 -

Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits H520 high.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - And five cubits H520 was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits H520 the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - The other cherub was also ten cubits H520; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - The height of the one cherub was ten cubits H520, and so was the other cherub.

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