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Lexicon :: Strong's H4058 - māḏaḏ

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מָדַד
Transliteration
māḏaḏ
Pronunciation
maw-dad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1146

Strong’s Definitions

מָדַד mâdad, maw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended:—measure, mete, stretch self.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H4058 in the following manner: measure (47x), mete out (2x), mete (1x), stretched (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H4058 in the following manner: measure (47x), mete out (2x), mete (1x), stretched (1x).

  1. to measure, stretch

    1. (Qal) to measure

    2. (Niphal) to be measured

    3. (Piel)

      1. to extend, continue

      2. to measure, measure off

    4. (Po) measured

    5. (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָדַד mâdad, maw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended:—measure, mete, stretch self.
STRONGS H4058: Abbreviations
מָדַד 53 verb measure (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מדד; Arabic bdb055101 extend, stretch, bdb055102 a corn-measure, etc.; Assyrian madâdu, measure; Jewish-Aramaic noun מִידָּה measure, proportion, rule); —
Qal Perfect מ׳ (מָדָ֑ד) Isaiah 40:12 + 9 times Ezekiel; suffix מְדָדוֺ Ezekiel 42:15, Ezekiel 42:20; 1st person singular וּמַדֹּתִ֫י Isaiah 65:7; וּמָֽדְדוּ consecutive Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezekiel 43:10; וּמַדֹּתֶם consecutive Numbers 35:5; Imperfect וַיָּ֫מָד Ruth 3:15 + 22 times Ezekiel; 2nd person masculine singular תָּמוֺד Ezekiel 45:3; וַיָּמֹ֫דּוּ Exodus 16:18; תָּמֹ֫דּוּ Ezekiel 47:18; Infinitive לָמֹד Zechariah 2:6 [Zechariah 2:2]; — measure, chiefly literal (usually followed by accusative of thing; object omitted Exodus 16:18; Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezekiel 40:35, compare Ezekiel 47:18 (but see Co); followed by accusative of measure Ruth 3:15; Ezekiel 42:19; Ezekiel 47:3, Ezeliel 47:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:5); —
1. measure of length, distance Numbers 35:5 (P), Deuteronomy 21:2 (D), Ezekiel 40:5, Ezekiel 40:6, Ezekiel 40:8, Ezekiel 40:20 + 32 times Ezekiel 40-47 Zechariah 2:6 [Zechariah 2:2].
2. of dry measure Exodus 16:18 (P), Ruth 3:15.
3. figurative of measuring waters Isaiah 40:12 (of י׳); of requital Isaiah 65:7.
† Niph. Imperfect יִמַּד Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Jeremiah 33:22; יִמַּדּוּ Jeremiah 31:37; — be measured, of sand of sea Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Jeremiah 33:22; of heavens Jeremiah 31:37.
† Pi. Perfect וּמִדַּדֿ consecutive [H4059 Job 7:4] (compare Ges§ 52. 2. R. 1); Imperfect וַיְמַדֵּד 2 Samuel 8:2; וַיְמַדְּדֵם 2 Samuel 8:2; אֲמַדֵּד Psalm 60:8 [Psalm 60:6]; Psalm 108:8 [Psalm 108:7]; —
1. extend, continue (= make extent or continuation), subject עֶרֶב [H4059 Job 7:4].
2. measure, measure off, בַחֶבֶל, of apportioning Moabites to death and life, followed by suffix 2 Samuel 8:2; also object חֲבָלִים 2 Samuel 8:2; metaphor of conquest, followed by accusative, Psalm 60:8 [Psalm 60:6] = Psalm 108:8 [Psalm 108:7] (|| חִלֵּק).
Po. Imperfect וַיְמֹ֫דֶד H4128 Habakkuk 3:6 (subject God, object אֶרֶץ), measured (namely, with eye) Vulgate Hi AV RV, but dubious; Greek Version of the LXX ἐσαλεύθη, Targum אֲזִיעַ, hence shook Ew Ke Or and others (from √ [מוֺד =] מוֺט, but read then rather וַיְמֹטֵט, although מוט not elsewhere in this conjugation; We, plausibly, וַיְמֹגֵג √ מוג, compare Nahum 1:5).
†Hithpo. וַיִּתְמֹדֵד followed by עַלהַֿיֶ֫לֶד; 1 Kings 17:21 measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:18; 16:18; 16:18

Numbers

35:5; 35:5

Deuteronomy

21:2; 21:2; 21:2

Ruth

3:15; 3:15; 3:15

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 8:2; 8:2

1 Kings

17:21

Psalms

60:6; 60:6; 108:7; 108:7

Isaiah

40:12; 40:12; 65:7; 65:7

Jeremiah

31:37; 31:37; 33:22; 33:22

Ezekiel

40:5; 40:6; 40:8; 40:20; 40:35; 42:15; 42:19; 42:20; 43:10; 45:3; 47:3; 47:4; 47:5; 47:18; 47:18

Hosea

1:10; 1:10

Nahum

1:5

Habakkuk

3:6

Zechariah

2:2; 2:2

H4058

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Strong's Number H4058 matches the Hebrew מָדַד (māḏaḏ),
which occurs 51 times in 49 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he smote Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto Jehovah, and said, O Jehovah my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:6 -
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;
I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:7 -
God hath spoken in his holiness: I will exult;
I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - your own iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, that have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I first measure their work into their bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - Thus saith Jehovah: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured; so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the steps thereof: and he measured the threshold of the gate, one reed broad; and the other threshold, one reed broad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - And he measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of five and twenty cubits; door against door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 - And the gate of the outer court whose prospect is toward the north, he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And there was a gate to the inner court over against the other gate, both on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 - And he led me toward the south; and, behold, a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And there was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 - Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 - And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 - And he brought me to the north gate: and he measured it according to these measures;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - And he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - And he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:15 - Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured on the north side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured on the south side five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it on the four sides: it had a wall round about, the length five hundred, and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy and that which was common.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - Thou, son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the pattern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - And of this measure shalt thou measure a length of five and twenty thousand, and a breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary, which is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the loins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through; for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 - And the east side, between Hauran and Damascus and Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border, unto the east sea shall ye measure. This is the east side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
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