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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 64 times in 52 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ch 1:2–2Ch 35:8)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 -

And Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds H3967 and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 -

And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen. And he had 1,400 H3967 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - And they [fn]imported a chariot from Egypt for [fn]600 H3967 shekels of silver and a horse for [fn]150 H3967; and [fn]by the same means they [fn]exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:2 - [fn]So Solomon numbered 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to hew stone in the mountains and 3,600 H3967 to direct them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:17 -

Then Solomon numbered all the sojourners who were in the land of Israel, following the [fn]census which his father David had [fn]taken; and 153,600 H3967 H3967 were found.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:18 - And he made 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 as hewers of stone in the mountains and 3,600 H3967 directors to make the people work.
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, and the height 120 H3967; and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.
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, and its width was twenty cubits; and he covered it with fine gold, amounting to [fn]600 H3967 talents.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:16 - And he made chains in the inner sanctuary and put them on the top of the pillars; and he made one hundred H3967 pomegranates and put them on the chains.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred H3967 golden bowls.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:13 - and the four hundred H3967 pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:12 - and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them 120 H3967 priests blowing trumpets
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 H3967 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These were the chief [fn]deputies of King Solomon, 250 H3967 who ruled over the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Huram by the hand of his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there [fn]450 H3967 talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king [fn]120 H3967 talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. There had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:13 -

Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was 666 H3967 talents of gold,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:15 - And King Solomon made 200 H3967 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]600 H3967 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - And he made 300 H3967 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using [fn]300 H3967 shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:1 -

Then Rehoboam came to Jerusalem and assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 H3967 chosen men who could wage war, to fight against Israel to return the kingdom to Rehoboam.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:3 - with 1,200 H3967 chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - And Abijah began the battle with a military force of mighty men, 400,000 H3967 chosen men, while Jeroboam arranged them all for battle against him with 800,000 H3967 chosen men who were mighty men of valor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - And Abijah and his people struck them down with a great slaughter, and 500,000 H3967 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Now Asa had a military force of 300,000 H3967 from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 H3967 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were mighty men of valor.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 -

Then Zerah the Ethiopian went out against them with a military force of one million men and 300 H3967 chariots, and he came to Mareshah.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - And they sacrificed to Yahweh that day 700 H3967 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Indeed, some of the Philistines brought presents and silver as their tax burden to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,700 H3967 rams and 7,700 H3967 male goats.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:14 - This was their muster according to their fathers’ households:

of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,000 H3967 mighty men of valor;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:15 -

and next to him was Johanan the commander, and with him 280,000 H3967;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:16 -

and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for Yahweh, and with him 200,000 H3967 mighty men of valor;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 -

and of Benjamin, Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him 200,000 H3967 equipped with bow and shield;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:18 -

and next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,000 H3967 armed for military duty.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:5 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets, four hundred H3967 men, and said to them, “Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 -

Now in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took commanders of hundreds H3967: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Johanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, and they entered into a covenant with him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:9 - Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds H3967 the spears and the shields and small shields which had been King David’s, which were in the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:14 - Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the commanders of hundreds H3967 who were appointed over the military force and said to them, “Bring her out [fn]between the ranks; and whoever follows her, let him be put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “You shall not put her to death in the house of Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the commanders of hundreds H3967, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of Yahweh, and they came through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they sat the king upon the royal throne.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:15 -

Then Jehoiada became old and full of days, and he died; he was 130 H3967 years old at his death.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:5 -

Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers’ households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds H3967 throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he [fn]took a census of those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be 300,000 H3967 choice men, able to go out for military duty, able to handle spear and large shield.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:6 - And he hired also 100,000 H3967 mighty men of valor out of Israel for one hundred H3967 [fn]talents of silver.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:9 - Then Amaziah said to the man of God, “But what shall we do for the hundred H3967 talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?” And the man of God answered, “Yahweh has much more to give you than this.”
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 H3967 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The total number of the heads of the [fn]households, of mighty men of valor, was 2,600 H3967.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:13 - And under their hand was a [fn]mighty army of 307,500 H3967 H3967, who could wage war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He fought also with the king of the sons of Ammon and prevailed over them. So the sons of Ammon gave him during that year [fn]100 H3967 talents of silver, [fn]10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 of barley. The sons of Ammon also brought back to him this amount in the second and in the third year.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:6 - Indeed, Pekah the son of Remaliah killed in Judah 120,000 H3967 in one day, all men of valor, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:8 -

Then the sons of Israel carried away captive of their brothers 200,000 H3967 women, sons, and daughters; and they plundered also a great deal of spoil from them and brought the spoil to Samaria.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:32 - And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was 70 bulls, 100 H3967 rams, and 200 H3967 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:33 - And the holy things were 600 H3967 bulls and 3,000 sheep.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:8 - His officials also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the officers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,600 H3967 from the flocks and 300 H3967 bulls.

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