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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 7 / 11 (1Ch 13:1–2Ch 17:17)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:1 - Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, H3967 even with every leader.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:5 - of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 H3967 of his [fn]relatives;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:6 - of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 H3967 of his relatives;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:7 - of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 H3967 of his relatives;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:8 - of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 H3967 of his relatives;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:10 - of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 H3967 of his relatives.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:4 - David took from him 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 H3967 chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:3 - Joab said, “May the LORD add to His people a hundred H3967 times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:5 - Joab gave the number of the [fn]census of all the people to David. And all Israel were 1,100,000 H3967 men who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000 H3967 men who drew the sword.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:25 - So David gave Ornan 600 H3967 shekels of gold by weight for the [fn]site.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - “Now behold, [fn]with great pains I have prepared for the house of the LORD 100,000 H3967 talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for [fn]they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 25:7 - Their number who were trained in singing to the LORD, with their [fn]relatives, all who were skillful, was 288. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:26 - This Shelomoth and his relatives [fn]had charge of all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which King David and the heads of the fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, H3967 and the commanders of the army, had dedicated.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:30 - As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 H3967 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel [fn]west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:32 - and his relatives, capable men, were 2,700 H3967 in number, heads of fathers’ households. And King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites concerning [fn]all the affairs of God and of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:1 - Now this is the enumeration of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers’ households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, H3967 and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:1 - Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, H3967 and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the valiant men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:6 - Then the rulers of the fathers’ households, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, H3967 with the overseers over the king’s work, offered willingly;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:7 - and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 H3967 talents of iron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:2 - 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 - Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 H3967 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:17 - They [fn]imported chariots from Egypt for 600 H3967 shekels of silver apiece and horses for 150 H3967 apiece, 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 [fn]assigned 70,000 men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 H3967 to supervise them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:17 - Solomon numbered all the aliens 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 - He appointed 70,000 of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains and 3,600 H3967 supervisors to make the people work.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:4 - The porch which was in front of the house was as long as the width of the house, twenty cubits, and the height 120; H3967 and inside he overlaid it with pure gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:8 - Now 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 overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to 600 H3967 talents.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 3:16 - He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred H3967 pomegranates and placed 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 kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred H3967 and twenty priests blowing trumpets
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:5 - King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 H3967 sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:10 - These were the chief [fn]officers of King Solomon, two hundred H3967 and fifty who ruled over the people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 8:18 - And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred H3967 and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:9 - Then she gave the king one hundred H3967 and twenty 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 - King Solomon made 200 H3967 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using 600 H3967 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:16 - He made 300 H3967 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using three hundred 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 - Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,000 H3967 chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel to restore 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 - Abijah began the battle with an army of valiant warriors, 400,000 H3967 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 H3967 chosen men who were valiant warriors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 H3967 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:8 - Now Asa had an army 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 valiant warriors.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:9 - Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 H3967 chariots, and he came to Mareshah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:11 - They sacrificed to the LORD that day 700 H3967 oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:11 - Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute 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 valiant warriors;
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 the LORD, and with him 200,000 H3967 valiant warriors;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:17 - and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,000 H3967 armed with bow and shield;

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