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Lexicon :: Strong's H4060 - midâ

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מִדָּה
Transliteration
midâ
Pronunciation
mid-daw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1146b

Strong’s Definitions

מִדָּה middâh, mid-daw'; feminine of H4055; properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured):—garment, measure(-ing), meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H4060 in the following manner: measure (37x), piece (7x), stature (4x), size (3x), meteyard (1x), garments (1x), tribute (1x), wide (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H4060 in the following manner: measure (37x), piece (7x), stature (4x), size (3x), meteyard (1x), garments (1x), tribute (1x), wide (1x).
  1. measure, measurement, stature, size, garment

    1. measure, act of measurement

    2. measurement, size

    3. measured portion, extent

    4. garment

  2. (BDB) tribute

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִדָּה middâh, mid-daw'; feminine of H4055; properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured):—garment, measure(-ing), meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.
STRONGS H4060: Abbreviations
† I. מִדָּה noun feminine measure, measurement, stature, size, garment (mostly late) — מ׳ Exodus 26:2 + 35 times; construct מִדַּת Ezekiel 40:21 + 2 times; plural מִדּוֺת Ezekiel 41:17 + 12 times; מִדּוֺתָיו Psalm 133:2; מִדּוֺתֶיהָ Ezekiel 48:16; —
1. measure, act of measurement, i.e. long measure Ezekiel 41:17 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 42:15; Ezekiel 48:30, 33; compare Joshua 3:4 (P), 1 Chronicles 23:29, see also Leviticus 19:35 (H); once of liquid measure, figurative, Job 28:25; קַו֯ה הַמּ׳ Jeremiah 31:39 measuring-line; חֶבֶל מ׳ Zechariah 2:5 (id.); קְנֵה הַמּ׳ measuring-reed Ezekiel 40:3, 5; Ezekiel 42:16 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 42:16; Ezekiel 42:17; Ezekiel 42:18; Ezekiel 42:19.
2. measurement, size of curtains in tabernacle Exodus 26:2, 8; Exodus 36:9, 15 (all P); compare 1 Kings 6:25; 1 Kings 7:37 (both || קֶצֶב), 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:11; 2 Chronicles 3:3; Ezekiel 40:10 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35; Ezekiel 43:13; Ezekiel 46:22; Ezekiel 48:16; once of time, מִדַּת יָמַי Psalm 39:5; probably also Job 11:9 (figurative of God's wisdom) where מִדָּהּ = מִדָּתָהּ, compare Sta§ 347, approximately 2; בֵּית מִדּוֺת = house of size Jeremiah 22:14; אִישׁ מִדָּה = man of size, stature, 1 Chronicles 11:23; 1 Chronicles 20:6; so also probably || H4067 2 Samuel 21:20 (for HCT מדין, Qr מָדוֺן, see [מַד]), We Dr Kit Bu; plural Numbers 13:32; Isaiah 45:14.
3. measured portion, extent, stretch (of wall) Nehemiah 3:11, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, compare Ezekiel 45:3.
4. garment (plural poetic) Psalm 133:2.

II. [מִדָּה] noun feminine tribute (loan-word from Assyrian mandattu, id., √ nadânu = נָתַן DlHWB 451, compare SchrCOT Ezra 4:13; also in Biblical Aramaic H4061 מִנְדָּה, ךמדֶּה id.); — מִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ Nehemiah 5:4.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

26:2; 26:2; 26:8; 36:9; 36:15

Leviticus

19:35

Numbers

13:32

Joshua

3:4

2 Samuel

21:20

1 Kings

6:25; 7:9; 7:11; 7:37

1 Chronicles

11:23; 20:6; 23:29

2 Chronicles

3:3

Ezra

4:13

Nehemiah

3:11; 3:19; 3:20; 3:21; 3:24; 3:27; 3:30; 5:4

Job

11:9; 28:25

Psalms

39:5; 133:2; 133:2

Isaiah

45:14

Jeremiah

22:14; 31:39

Ezekiel

40:3; 40:5; 40:10; 40:21; 40:21; 40:22; 40:24; 40:28; 40:29; 40:32; 40:33; 40:35; 41:17; 41:17; 42:15; 42:16; 42:16; 42:17; 42:18; 42:19; 43:13; 45:3; 46:22; 48:16; 48:16; 48:30; 48:33

Zechariah

2:5

H4060

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4060 matches the Hebrew מִדָּה (midâ),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:3 - When he brought me there, behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring reed in his hand. And he was standing in the gateway.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - And behold, there was a wall all around the outside of the temple area, and the length of the measuring reed in the man’s hand was six long cubits, each being a cubit and a handbreadth[fn] in length. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed; and the height, one reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:10 - And there were three side rooms on either side of the east gate. The three were of the same size, and the jambs on either side were of the same size.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - Its side rooms, three on either side, and its jambs and its vestibule were of the same size as those of the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:22 - And its windows, its vestibule, and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faced toward the east. And by seven steps people would go up to it, and find its vestibule before them.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 - And he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south. And he measured its jambs and its vestibule; they had the same size as the others.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 - Then he brought me to the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate. It was of the same size as the others.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 - Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gate. It was of the same size as the others.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - Its side rooms, its jambs, and its vestibule were of the same size as the others, and both it and its vestibule had windows all around. Its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 - Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it. It had the same size as the others.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:17 - to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around, inside and outside, was a measured pattern.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:15 - Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and measured the temple area all around.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring reed, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - Then he turned to the west side and measured, 500 cubits by the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth):[fn] its base shall be one cubit high[fn] and one cubit broad, with a rim of one span[fn] around its edge. And this shall be the height of the altar:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - And from this measured district you shall measure off a section 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 broad, in which shall be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:22 - in the four corners of the court were small[fn] courts, forty cubits[fn] long and thirty broad; the four were of the same size.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - and these shall be its measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30 - “These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:33 - On the south side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure, three gates, the gate of Simeon, the gate of Issachar, and the gate of Zebulun.
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