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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

H520

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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 - et sic facies eam trecentorum cubitorum erit longitudo arcae quinquaginta cubitorum latitudo et triginta cubitorum altitudo illius

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - fenestram in arca facies et in cubito consummabis summitatem ostium autem arcae pones ex latere deorsum cenacula et tristega facies in ea

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - quindecim cubitis altior fuit aqua super montes quos operuerat

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - arcam de lignis setthim conpingite cuius longitudo habeat duos semis cubitos latitudo cubitum et dimidium altitudo cubitum similiter ac semissem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo eius cubitum ac semissem latitudo

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - facies et mensam de lignis setthim habentem duos cubitos longitudinis et in latitudine cubitum et in altitudine cubitum ac semissem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - longitudo cortinae unius habebit viginti octo cubitos latitudo quattuor cubitorum erit unius mensurae fient universa tentoria

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - longitudo sagi unius habebit triginta cubitos et latitudo quattuor aequa erit mensura sagorum omnium

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - et cubitus ex una parte pendebit et alter ex altera qui plus est in sagorum longitudine utrumque latus tabernaculi protegens

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - quae singulae denos cubitos in longitudine habeant et in latitudine singulos ac semissem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - facies et altare de lignis setthim quod habebit quinque cubitos in longitudine et totidem in latitudine id est quadrum et tres cubitos in altitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - facies et atrium tabernaculi in cuius plaga australi contra meridiem erunt tentoria de bysso retorta centum cubitos unum latus tenebit in longitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - in latitudine vero atrii quod respicit ad occidentem erunt tentoria per quinquaginta cubitos et columnae decem basesque totidem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - in ea quoque atrii latitudine quae respicit ad orientem quinquaginta cubiti erunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - in quibus quindecim cubitorum tentoria lateri uno deputabuntur columnaeque tres et bases totidem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - in introitu vero atrii fiet tentorium cubitorum viginti ex hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto et bysso retorta opere plumarii columnas habebit quattuor cum basibus totidem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - in longitudine occupabit atrium cubitos centum in latitudine quinquaginta altitudo quinque cubitorum erit fietque de bysso retorta et habebit bases aeneas

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - habens cubitum longitudinis et alterum latitudinis id est quadrangulum et duos cubitos in altitudine cornua ex ipso procedent

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - quarum una habebat in longitudine viginti octo cubitos et in latitudine quattuor una mensura erat omnium cortinarum

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - unum sagum habebat in longitudine cubitos triginta et in latitudine cubitos quattuor unius mensurae erant omnia saga

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - decem cubitorum erat longitudo tabulae unius et unum ac semis cubitum latitudo retinebat

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - fecit autem Beselehel et arcam de lignis setthim habentem duos semis cubitos in longitudinem et cubitum ac semissem in latitudinem altitudo quoque uno cubito fuit et dimidio vestivitque eam auro purissimo intus ac foris

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - fecit et propitiatorium id est oraculum de auro mundissimo duorum cubitorum et dimidio in longitudine et cubito ac semisse in latitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - fecit et mensam de lignis setthim in longitudine duorum cubitorum et in latitudine unius cubiti quae habebat in altitudine cubitum ac semissem

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 - fecit et altare thymiamatis de lignis setthim habens per quadrum singulos cubitos et in altitudine duos e cuius angulis procedebant cornua

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - fecit et altare holocausti de lignis setthim quinque cubitorum per quadrum et trium in altitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - et atrium in cuius australi plaga erant tentoria de bysso retorta cubitorum centum

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - aeque ad septentrionalis plagam tentoria columnae basesque et capita columnarum eiusdem et mensurae et operis ac metalli erant

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - in ea vero plaga quae occidentem respicit fuere tentoria cubitorum quinquaginta columnae decem cum basibus suis aeneae et capita columnarum celata argentea

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - porro contra orientem quinquaginta cubitorum paravit tentoria

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - e quibus quindecim cubitos columnarum trium cum basibus suis unum tenebat latus

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - et in parte altera quia utraque introitum tabernaculi facit quindecim aeque cubitorum erant tentoria columnae tres et bases totidem

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - et in introitu eius opere plumario fecit tentorium ex hyacintho purpura vermiculo ac bysso retorta quod habebat viginti cubitos in longitudine altitudo vero quinque cubitorum erat iuxta mensuram quam cuncta atrii habebant tentoria

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - ventus autem egrediens a Domino arreptas trans mare coturnices detulit et dimisit in castra itinere quantum uno die confici potest ex omni parte castrorum per circuitum volabantque in aere duobus cubitis altitudine super terram

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - quae a muris civitatum forinsecus per circuitum mille passuum spatio tendentur

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - contra orientem duo milia erunt cubiti et contra meridiem similiter duo milia ad mare quoque quod respicit occidentem eadem mensura erit et septentrionalis plaga aequali termino finietur eruntque urbes in medio et foris suburbana

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - solus quippe Og rex Basan restiterat de stirpe gigantum monstratur lectus eius ferreus qui est in Rabbath filiorum Ammon novem cubitos habens longitudinis et quattuor latitudinis ad mensuram cubiti virilis manus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - sitque inter vos et arcam spatium cubitorum duum milium ut procul videre possitis et nosse per quam viam ingrediamini quia prius non ambulastis per eam et cavete ne adpropinquetis ad arcam

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - et egressus est vir spurius de castris Philisthinorum nomine Goliath de Geth altitudinis sex cubitorum et palmo

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - domus autem quam aedificabat rex Salomon Domino habebat sexaginta cubitos in longitudine et viginti cubitos in latitudine et triginta cubitos in altitudine

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - et porticus erat ante templum viginti cubitorum longitudinis iuxta mensuram latitudinis templi et habebat decem cubitos latitudinis ante faciem templi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - tabulatum quod subter erat quinque cubitos habebat latitudinis et medium tabulatum sex cubitorum latitudinis et tertium tabulatum septem habens cubitos latitudinis trabes autem posuit in domo per circuitum forinsecus ut non hererent muris templi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - et aedificavit tabulatum super omnem domum quinque cubitis altitudinis et operuit domum lignis cedrinis

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - aedificavitque viginti cubitorum ad posteriorem partem templi tabulata cedrina a pavimento usque ad superiora et fecit interiorem domum oraculi in sanctum sanctorum

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - porro quadraginta cubitorum erat ipsum templum pro foribus oraculi

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - porro oraculum habebat viginti cubitos longitudinis et viginti cubitos latitudinis et viginti cubitos altitudinis et operuit illud atque vestivit auro purissimo sed et altare vestivit cedro

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - et fecit in oraculo duo cherubin de lignis olivarum decem cubitorum altitudinis

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - quinque cubitorum ala cherub una et quinque cubitorum ala cherub altera id est decem cubitos habentes a summitate alae usque ad alae alterius summitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - decem quoque cubitorum erat cherub secundus mensura pari et opus unum erat in duobus cherubin

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - id est altitudinem habebat unus cherub decem cubitorum et similiter cherub secundus

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