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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, וַיְמֹגֵגמוג, 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And they measured H4058 it with an [fn]omer, and he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered [fn]as much as he should eat.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure H4058 outside the city on the east side [fn]two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure H4058 the distance to the cities which are around the slain one.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - And he said, “Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it.” So she held it, and he measured H4058 six measures of barley and placed it on her. Then [fn]she went into the city.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 -

He also struck Moab, and measured H4058 them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured H4058 two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - Then he stretched H4058 himself upon the child three times, and called to Yahweh and said, “O Yahweh my God, I pray You, let this child’s life return [fn]to him.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:6 -

God has spoken in His [fn]holiness:

“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure H4058 out H4058 the valley of Succoth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:7 -

God has spoken in His [fn]holiness:

“I will exult, I will portion out Shechem

And measure H4058 out H4058 the valley of Succoth.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 -

Who has measured H4058 the [fn]waters in the hollow of His hand,

And [fn]encompassed the heavens by the [fn]span,

And [fn]calculated the dust of the earth by the measure,

And weighed the mountains in a balance

And the hills in a pair of scales?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 -

Both [fn]their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together,” says Yahweh.

“Because they have burned incense on the mountains

And reproached Me on the hills,

Therefore I will measure H4058 their former work into their bosom.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“If the heavens above can be measured H4058

And the foundations of the earth searched out below,

Then I will also reject all the seed of Israel

For all that they have done,” declares Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - ‘As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured H4058, so I will multiply the seed of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 -

And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house of Yahweh all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a [fn]cubit and a [fn]handbreadth. So he measured H4058 the thickness of the [fn]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he went to the gate which faced east, went up its steps, and measured H4058 the threshold of the gate, one rod [fn]in width; and the other threshold was one rod [fn]in width.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - Then he measured H4058 the porch of the gate [fn]facing inward, one rod.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - He measured H4058 the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was [fn]faced inward.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he measured H4058 the width of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - He measured H4058 the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the door opposite.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured H4058 the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, [fn]one hundred cubits on the east and on the north.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 -

As for the gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured H4058 its length and its width.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured H4058 one hundred cubits from gate to gate.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 -

Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured H4058 its side pillars and its porches according to [fn]those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - The inner court had a gate toward the south; and he measured H4058 from gate to gate toward the south, one hundred cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 -

Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured H4058 the south gate according to those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 -

Then he brought me into the inner court toward the east. And he measured H4058 the gate according to those same measurements.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 -

Then he brought me to the north gate; and he measured H4058 it according to those same measurements,

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - He measured H4058 the court, a perfect square, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 -

Then he brought me to the porch of the house and measured H4058 each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 -

Then he brought me to the [fn]nave and measured H4058 the side pillars; [fn]six cubits wide on each side was the width of the [fn]side pillar.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the [fn]sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. And he measured H4058 [fn]the length of the nave, [fn]forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went [fn]inside and measured H4058 each side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - He measured H4058 its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the nave; and he said to me, “This is the Holy of Holies.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 -

Then he measured H4058 the wall of the house of Yahweh, six cubits; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 -

Then he measured H4058 the house, [fn]one hundred cubits long; the separate area with the building and its walls were also one hundred cubits long.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 -

He measured H4058 the length of the building [fn]along the front of the separate area behind it, with a [fn]gallery on each side, one hundred cubits, along with the inner nave and the porches of the court.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:15 -

Then he had finished measuring the inner house; he brought me out by the way of the gate which faced toward the east and measured H4058 it all around.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured H4058 on the east [fn]side with the measuring reed 500 reeds by the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured H4058 on the north side 500 reeds by the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - On the south side he measured H4058 500 reeds with the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned to the west side and measured H4058 500 reeds with the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured H4058 it [fn]on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length 500 and the width 500, to divide between the holy and the profane.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 -

“As for you, son of man, [fn]describe the house of Yahweh to the house of Israel, that they may feel dishonor for their iniquities; and let them measure H4058 the [fn]plan.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - “And from this [fn]area you shall measure H4058 a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of [fn]10,000 cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 -

When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured H4058 [fn]one thousand cubits, and he had me pass through the water, water reaching the ankles.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - Again he measured H4058 one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured H4058 one thousand and had me pass through the water, water reaching the loins.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Again he measured H4058 one thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had become highenough water to swim in, a river that could not be passed through.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 -

“And the east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead, and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure H4058. This is the east side.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 -

[fn]Yet the number of the sons of Israel

Will be like the sand of the sea,

Which cannot be measured H4058 or numbered;

And it will be that in the place

Where it is said to them,

“You are not My people,”

It will be said to them,

You are the sons of the living God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - So I said, “Where are you going?” And he said to me, “To measure H4058 Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is.”
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