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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 - And he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was [fn]100 cubits H520 and its width 50 cubits H520 and its height 30 cubits H520, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 -

Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits H520 and its width 30 cubits H520, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10 -

And the foundation was of precious stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits H520 and stones of eight cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 -

And he fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits H520 was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits H520 [fn]measured the circumference of both.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five [fn]cubits H520 and the height of the other capital was five cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - Now the capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 -

And he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits H520 from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits H520, and [fn]thirty cubits H520 in its circumference.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Now under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit H520, entirely encircling the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the Sea when it was cast.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 -

Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits H520 and its width four cubits H520 and its height three cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:31 - And its opening inside the capital at the top was a cubit H520, and its opening was round like the workmanship of a pedestal, a cubit H520 and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32 - And the four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit H520 and a half.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:35 - And on the top of the stand there was a circular form half a [fn]cubit H520 high, and on the top of the stand its [fn]stays and its borders were part of it.

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He also made ten lavers of bronze, one laver held forty baths; each laver was four cubits H520, and on each of the ten stands was one laver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, [fn]400 cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:17 - The height of the one pillar was eighteen [fn]cubits H520, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was three [fn]cubits H520, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these with network.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:23 - He had also struck down an Egyptian, [fn]an impressive man, [fn]five cubits H520 tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:3 - Now these are the [fn]foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits H520, according to the old standard was [fn]sixty cubits H520, and the width twenty cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - And the porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, [fn]20 cubits H520, and the height 120; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 -

And he made the [fn]room of the Holy of Holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits H520, and its width was twenty cubits H520; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to [fn]600 talents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 3:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:11 - Now the wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits H520; the wing of one, of five cubits H520, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits H520, touched the wing of the other cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:12 - And the wing of the other cherub, of five cubits H520, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits H520 was attached to the wing of the [fn]first cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:13 - The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits H520, and they stood on their feet [fn]facing the main room.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:15 -

He also made two pillars for the front of the house, [fn]thirty-five cubits H520 [fn]high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits H520.

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Then he made a bronze altar, [fn]twenty cubits H520 in length and twenty cubits H520 in width and ten cubits H520 in height.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:2 - And he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits H520 from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits H520, and [fn]thirty cubits H520 in [fn]its circumference.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:3 - Now figures like oxen were under it and encircling it, ten cubits H520, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast [fn]in one piece.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:13 - Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits H520 long, five cubits H520 wide and three cubits H520 high, and had put it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:23 - Then Joash king of Israel seized Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, [fn]400 cubits H520.

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Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and made its doors stand with its bolts and its bars, and [fn]one thousand cubits H520 of the wall to the [fn]Dung Gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Have a [fn]gallows [fn]fifty cubits H520 high made and in the morning say to the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it; then go gladly with the king to the feast.” And the word was good to Haman, so he had the gallows made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:9 - Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king, said, “Behold indeed, the gallows—which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king—are standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits H520 high!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”

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And the [fn]foundations H520 of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called out, while the house of God was filling with smoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:13 -

O you who dwell by abundant waters,

Abundant in treasures,

Your end has come,

The [fn]measure H520 of your [fn]end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 52:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:21 - As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was [fn]eighteen cubits H520, and [fn]it was twelve cubits H520 in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:22 - Now a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits H520, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates.

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And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house of Yahweh all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits H520, each of which was a [fn]cubit H520 and a [fn]handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the [fn]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - The guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits H520 between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate [fn]facing inward was one rod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits H520; and its side pillars, two cubits H520. And the porch of the gate was [fn]faced inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the width of the entrance 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 - There was a [fn]barrier wall one cubit H520 wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits H520 square on each side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits H520 from one door to the door opposite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He made the side pillars sixty cubits H520 high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15 - From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits H520.

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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, [fn]one hundred cubits H520 on the east and on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - [fn]It had three guardrooms on each side; and its side pillars and its porches [fn]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was [fn]fifty cubits H520 and the width twenty-five cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured one hundred cubits H520 from gate to gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - [fn]The gate and its porches had windows all around like [fn]those other windows; the length was fifty cubits H520 and the width twenty-five cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - The inner court had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, one hundred cubits H520.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - Its guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And [fn]the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits H520 long and twenty-five cubits H520 wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30 - There were porches all around, twenty-five cubits H520 long and five cubits H520 wide.

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