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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 45 times in 24 verses in '1Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - As for the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty [fn]cubits H520 and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits H520 [fn]in length, [fn]corresponding to the width of the house, and its [fn]depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest story was five cubits H520 wide, and the middle was six cubits H520 wide, and the third was seven cubits H520 wide; for on the outside he [fn]made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not [fn]be inserted in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - He also built the stories against the whole house, each five [fn]cubits H520 high; and they [fn]were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - He built twenty cubits H520 on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the [fn]ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty [fn]cubits H520 long.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - [fn]The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits H520 in length, twenty cubits H520 in width, and twenty cubits H520 in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits H520 high.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - Five cubits H520 was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits H520 the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - The other cherub was ten cubits; H520 both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form.

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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 the other cherub.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:2 - He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was 100 [fn]cubits H520 and its width 50 cubits H520 and its height 30 cubits, H520 on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:6 - Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was 50 cubits H520 and its width 30 cubits, H520 and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:10 - The foundation was of costly stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits H520 and stones of eight cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:15 - He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits H520 was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits H520 [fn]measured the circumference of both.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:16 - He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five [fn]cubits H520 and the height of the other capital was five cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:19 - The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:23 - Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits H520 from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, H520 and [fn]thirty cubits H520 in circumference.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:24 - Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, H520 completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast [fn]with the rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:27 - Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits H520 and its width four cubits H520 and its height three cubits. H520

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:31 - Its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, H520 and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit H520 and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:32 - The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit H520 and a half.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:35 - On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a [fn]cubit H520 high, and on the top of the stand its [fn]stays and its borders were part of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 7:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:38 - He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, H520 and on each of the ten stands was one basin.
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