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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 3 / 3 (Eze 40:33–Zec 5:2)

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits H520 long, and five and twenty cubits H520 broad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36 - The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, H520 and the breadth five and twenty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42 - And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit H520 and an half long, and a cubit H520 and an half broad, and one cubit H520 high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - So he measured the court, an hundred cubits H520 long, and an hundred cubits H520 broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits H520 on this side, and five cubits H520 on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits H520 on this side, and three cubits H520 on that side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The length of the porch was twenty cubits, H520 and the breadth eleven cubits; H520 and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits H520 broad on the one side, and six cubits H520 broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; H520 and the sides of the door were five cubits H520 on the one side, and five cubits H520 on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: H520 and the breadth, twenty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; H520 and the door, six cubits; H520 and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; H520 and the breadth, twenty cubits, H520 before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; H520 and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, H520 round about the house on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: H520 and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10 - And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits H520 round about the house on every side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits H520 round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 - Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits H520 broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits H520 thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - So he measured the house, an hundred cubits H520 long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits H520 long;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14 - Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, H520 with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar of wood was three cubits H520 high, and the length thereof two cubits; H520 and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - Before the length of an hundred cubits H520 was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits H520 breadth inward, a way of one cubit; H520 and their doors toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: H520 and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five H520 hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: H520 The cubit H520 is a cubit H520 and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, H520 and the breadth a cubit, H520 and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, H520 and the breadth one cubit; H520 and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, H520 and the breadth one cubit. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15 - So the altar shall be four cubits; H520 and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; H520 and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit H520 about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits H520 round about for the suburbs thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, H520 and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:2 - And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, H520 and the breadth thereof ten cubits. H520

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