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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

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מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).
  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred:
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 583 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 11 (Num 26:25–Jdg 18:17)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 -

These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, 64,300 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27 -

These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, 60,500 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34 -

These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were 52,700 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 -

These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, 32,500 H3967.

These are the sons of Joseph according to their families.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 -

These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,600 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 -

All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were 64,400 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 -

These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, 53,400 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 -

These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,400 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:51 -

These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730 H3967 H3967.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:14 - And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds H3967, who had come from service in the war.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:28 - “And you shall exact a levy for Yahweh from the men of war who went out to battle, one [fn]in five hundred H3967 of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:32 -

Now the loot that remained from the plunder which the [fn]men of war had plundered was 675,000 H3967 sheep,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:36 -

And the half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500 H3967 H3967;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:37 - and the levy of Yahweh from the sheep was 675 H3967;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:39 - and the donkeys were 30,500 H3967, from which the levy of Yahweh was 61;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:43 - now the congregation’s half was 337,500 H3967 H3967 sheep,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:45 - and 30,500 H3967 donkeys,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:48 -

Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds H3967, came near to Moses,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:52 - And all the gold from the contribution offering which they raised up in offering to Yahweh, from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds H3967, was 16,750 H3967 [fn]shekels.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:54 - So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds H3967, and they brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:39 -

Now Aaron was 123 H3967 years old when he died on Mount Hor.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - “So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and experienced men, and gave them as heads over you, leaders of thousands and [fn]of hundreds H3967, [fn]of fifties and [fn]of tens, and officers for your tribes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:19 - and they shall fine him [fn]one hundred H3967 shekels of silver and give it to the girl’s father because he brought forth a bad name against a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he cannot [fn]divorce her all his days.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:2 - And he said to them, “I am 120 H3967 years old today; I am no longer able to come and go, and Yahweh has said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - Now Moses was 120 H3967 years old when he died; his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:21 - I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred H3967 [fn]shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight; then I [fn]coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:29 -

Now it happened that after these things, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being 110 H3967 years old.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:32 -

Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the portion of the field which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred H3967 [fn]qesitah; and they became the inheritance of Joseph’s sons.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:8 - Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died at the age of 110 H3967.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:31 -

Now after him was Shamgar the son of Anath. And he struck down 600 H3967 Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:3 - Then the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh; for he had 900 H3967 iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:13 - So Sisera called together all his chariots, 900 H3967 iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 H3967 men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - And Yahweh said to Gideon, “I will save you with the 300 H3967 men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his place.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So [fn]the 300 men took the people’s provisions and their trumpets into their hands. And [fn]Gideon sent all the other men of Israel, each to his tent, but retained the 300 H3967 men; and the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided the 300 H3967 men into three [fn]companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 -

So Gideon and the hundred H3967 men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set up the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - So they blew 300 H3967 trumpets. And Yahweh set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole camp. And the camp fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 -

Then Gideon and the 300 H3967 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 -

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camps with them, about 15,000 men, all who were left of the entire camp of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 H3967 men who drew the sword.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:26 - And the weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 H3967 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels’ necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:26 - ‘While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns and in Aroer and its towns and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, 300 H3967 years, why did you not deliver them for yourself within that time?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 15:4 - So Samson went and caught 300 H3967 foxes and took torches and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:5 - And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and [fn]how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you 1,100 H3967 H3967 pieces of silver.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:2 - He said to his mother, “The 1,100 H3967 H3967 pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse and spoke of it [fn]in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; it was I who took it.” And his mother said, “Blessed be my son by Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:3 - And he then returned the 1,100 H3967 H3967 pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, “I wholly set apart the silver from my hand as holy to Yahweh for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; so now I will return [fn]them to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:4 - So he returned the silver to his mother, and his mother took 200 H3967 pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith. And he made [fn]them into a graven image and a molten image, and [fn]they were in the house of Micah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 -

Then from the family of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, 600 H3967 men armed with weapons of war set out.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:16 - Now the 600 H3967 men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, were standing by the entrance of the gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:17 - Then the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took the graven image and the ephod and household idols and the molten image. And the priest was standing by the entrance of the gate with the 600 H3967 men armed with weapons of war.

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