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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 the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, H520 the breadth of it fifty cubits, H520 and the height of it thirty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit H520 shalt thou finish it above; 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 BoxGen 7:20 - Fifteen cubits H520 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 shittim wood: two cubits H520 and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit H520 and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit H520 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 H520 and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit H520 and a half the breadth thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits H520 shall be the length thereof, and a cubit H520 the breadth thereof, and a cubit H520 and a half the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, H520 and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: H520 and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, H520 and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: H520 and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - And a cubit H520 on the one side, and a cubit H520 on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it 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 H520 shall be the length of a board, and a cubit H520 and a half shall be the breadth of one board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits H520 long, and five cubits H520 broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. H520

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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 of an hundred cubits H520 long for one side:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: H520 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. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: H520 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 an hanging of twenty cubits, H520 of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be 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 an hundred cubits, H520 and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits H520 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 H520 shall be the length thereof, and a cubit H520 the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits H520 shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, H520 and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: H520 the curtains were all of one size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, H520 and four cubits H520 was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - The length of a board was ten cubits, H520 and the breadth of a board one cubit H520 and a half.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits H520 and a half was the length of it, and a cubit H520 and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit H520 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 the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits H520 and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit H520 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 shittim wood: two cubits H520 was the length thereof, and a cubit H520 the breadth thereof, and a cubit H520 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 incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, H520 and the breadth of it a cubit; H520 it was foursquare; and two cubits H520 was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits H520 was the length thereof, and five cubits H520 the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits H520 the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, H520 their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; 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, H520 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. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; H520 their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; H520 their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits H520 was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, H520 answerable to the hangings of the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits H520 high upon the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits H520 round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, H520 and on the south side two thousand cubits, H520 and on the west side two thousand cubits, H520 and on the north side two thousand cubits; H520 and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits H520 was the length thereof, and four cubits H520 the breadth of it, after the cubit H520 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 H520 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 Box 1Sa 17:4

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 H520 and a span.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, H520 and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits H520 was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits H520 was the breadth thereof before the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The nethermost chamber was five cubits H520 broad, and the middle was six cubits H520 broad, and the third was seven cubits H520 broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits H520 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 H520 on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the 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 it, was forty cubits H520 long.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits H520 in length, and twenty cubits H520 in breadth, and twenty cubits H520 in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits H520 high.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - And five cubits H520 was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits H520 the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - And the other cherub was ten cubits: H520 both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, H520 and so was it of the other cherub.

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