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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 247 times in 131 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:15–1Ki 6:26)

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make [fn]on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen cubits upwards was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits: there shall be the same measure to the eleven skins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - A cubit on this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Of ten cubits shalt thou make one post, and the breadth of one post of a cubit and a half.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - And the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be [fn]of the same piece.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - (LXX 37:2) of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - (LXX 38:1) And Beseleel made the ark,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - (LXX 38:5) And he made the propitiatory over the ark of pure gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - (LXX 38:9) And he made the [fn]set table of pure gold,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - (LXX 38:22) He made the brazen altar of the brazen censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Core.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - (LXX 37:7) And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits [fn]every way,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - (LXX 37:9) and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - (LXX 37:10) And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts ten and their sockets ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - (LXX 37:11) And on the east side curtains of fifty cubits of fifteen cubits behind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - (LXX 37:12) and their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - (LXX 37:13) And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - (LXX 37:16) and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails over from the sea; and it brought them down upon the camp a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on that side, round about the camp, as it were two cubits from the earth.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And thou shalt measure outside the city on the east side 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; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities as described.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og the king of Basan was left of the Raphain: behold, his bed was a bed of iron; behold, it is in the [fn]chief city of the children of Ammon; the length of it is nine cubits, and the breadth of it four cubits, according to the cubit of a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way [fn]before.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath by name, out of Geth, his height was four cubits and a span.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - And the house which the king built to the Lord [fn]was [fn]forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height [fn]five and twenty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - And the porch in front of the temple—twenty cubits was its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The under side was five cubits broad, and the middle part six, and the third was seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he made the partitions through all the house, each five cubits high, and enclosed each partition with cedar boards.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And he built the twenty cubits from the top of the wall, one side from the floor to the beams, and he made it from the [fn]oracle to the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And the temple was forty cubits in extent,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The length was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with [fn]perfect gold, and he made an altar

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits [fn]from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26

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

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