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Lexicon :: Strong's H520 - 'ammâ

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אַמָּה
Transliteration
'ammâ
Pronunciation
am-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolonged from אֵם (H517)
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TWOT Reference: 115c

Strong’s Definitions

אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x

The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x
The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. cubit - a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (.5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit (Dt 3.11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40.5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.
STRONGS H520: Abbreviations
II. אַמָּה 246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic axmAf  , אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic እመት፡ etymology dubious; Thes and others mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √ אמם, أَمَّ precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm compare Di Isaiah 6:4; DlPr 109 MV derive immediately from √אמם be wide (see above), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) — א׳ absolute Genesis 6:15 +; construct אַמַּת Deuteronomy 3:11; Jeremiah 51:13; dual אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10 +; plural אַמּוֺת Exodus 26:16 +; —
1. cubit, so אַמַּת־אִישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deuteronomy 3:11 (compare Isaiah 8:1); in Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2 Chronicles 3:3 בַּמִּחָה הָרִאשׁוֺנָה א׳; absolute length dubious, compare SmithDict. Bib., article Weights and Measures; LepsiusLängenmaasse der Alten, SBAk 1883, 1195 f. identification with Egyptian, longer cubit. 525m., shorter.450m.; see also Id.Babylonian-Assyr. Längenmaasse 1877; MBAk 1877, 741 OppertGGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d'Assyr. i. 124 (also on the Babylonian 'half-cubit' =.270 m. HptAJPh 1888, 419 HomSemiten i. 501); on אַצִּילָה א׳ Ezekiel 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ezekiel 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (56 times) 1 Kings 6, 7 (45 times) 2 Chronicles 3 & 2 Chronicles 4 (21 times) Ezekiel 40-43 (86 times); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Genesis 6:16; Exodus 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה Ezekiel 43:14; אַחַת א׳ Ezekiel 40:12 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:42 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 42:4; Ezekiel 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10, 17, 23; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 37:1, 6, 10, 25; Numbers 11:31; שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:9; Ezekiel 41:3, 22; Ezekiel 43:14; with Numbers 1-10 א׳ mostly follows number in plural Exodus 26:16; Exodus 27:1 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:10; Ezekiel 40:5, 7, 9 +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular Genesis 6:15 (3 times in verse); Exodus 27:12, 13; Exodus 38:13, 14, 15; Numbers 35:4; Joshua 3:4; 1 Kings 6:2 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:3; 1 Kings 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:21, 22; Ezekiel 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural Ezekiel 40:11 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 40:27 (Co singular) Ezekiel 42:2; so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:13, 29 but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ezekiel 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers 2 Chronicles 3:3 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:4, 8 (twice in verse) +; 2 Chronicles 6:13; Ezekiel 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers Exodus 26:2 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:9, 18; Exodus 36:9 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:15 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:21; Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 7:23 (3 times in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:2 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 40:21; Ezekiel 47:3; Zechariah 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ 2 Chronicles 3:11; often וַחֲצִי א׳ Exodus 25:10 (3 times in verse); Exodus 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also וַחֲצִי הָא׳ א׳ Exodus 26:16; Exodus 36:21; 1 Kings 17:31; 1 Kings 17:32; 1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת 1 Samuel 17:4; followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Joshua 3:4; 2 Chronicles 3:3.
2. † measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Jeremiah 51:13 (|| קִצֵּךְ).

† III. [אַמָּה] noun feminine (etymology & meaning dubious; Thes foundation (compare Talmud AW), from אֵם in metaphorical sense, compare MV; De on Isaiah 6:4 derived similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = أَمَّ precede, whence إِمَامً front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּפִּים אַמּוֺת Isaiah 6:4.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H521.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:15; 6:15; 6:16

Exodus

25; 25; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:17; 25:17; 25:23; 25:23; 26; 26:2; 26:8; 26:16; 26:16; 26:16; 27; 27:1; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 27:18; 30:2; 36:9; 36:15; 36:21; 36:21; 37:1; 37:6; 37:10; 37:25; 38:13; 38:14; 38:15

Numbers

1; 2; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11:31; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

3:11; 3:11

Joshua

3:4; 3:4

1 Samuel

17:4

1 Kings

6; 6:2; 6:3; 6:6; 6:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:23

2 Chronicles

3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:8; 3:11; 4; 4:2; 6:13

Isaiah

6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 8:1

Jeremiah

51:13; 51:13; 52:21; 52:22

Ezekiel

40; 40:5; 40:5; 40:7; 40:9; 40:9; 40:11; 40:12; 40:13; 40:21; 40:25; 40:27; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 40:42; 40:49; 41; 41:3; 41:8; 41:22; 42; 42:2; 42:2; 42:4; 42:16; 43; 43:13; 43:14; 43:14; 43:14; 47:3

Zechariah

5:2

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Strong's Number H520 matches the Hebrew אַמָּה ('ammâ),
which occurs 249 times in 132 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:15–1Ki 6:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - And he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 - And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.

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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 BoxDeu 3:11 - (For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.

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