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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 - This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving 18 inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - "They are to make an ark of acacia wood - its length is to be three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - "You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - "You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - The length of each curtain is to be forty-two feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet - the same size for each of the curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - The length of each curtain is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet - the same size for the eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - The foot and a half on the one side and the foot and a half on the other side of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent will hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on one side and the other side, to cover it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Each frame is to be fifteen feet long, and each frame is to be two feet three inches wide,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - "You are to make the altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, and its height is to be four feet six inches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - "You are to make the courtyard of the tabernacle. For the south side there are to be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long for one side,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - The width of the court on the east side, toward the sunrise, is to be seventy-five feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - The hangings on one side of the gate are to be twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet and the width seventy-five feet, and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings is to be seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - Its length is to be a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, with its horns of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - The length of one curtain was forty-two feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet - the same size for each of the curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet - one size for all eleven curtains.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - The length of each frame was fifteen feet, the width of each frame was two and a quarter feet,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 - He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half - a square - and its height was three feet. Its horns were of one piece with it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide - it was square - and its height was four feet six inches.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - He made the courtyard. For the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - For the north side the hangings were one hundred fifty feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - For the west side there were hangings seventy-five feet long, with their ten posts and their ten bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - For the east side, toward the sunrise, it was seventy-five feet wide,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other, the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - Now a wind went out from the LORD and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall near the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet high on the surface of the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of 500 yards from the town wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - "You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,000 yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:11 - Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before."

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - The temple King Solomon built for the LORD was 90 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was 30 feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple's outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - He built a wall 30 feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was 60 feet long.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - The inner sanctuary was 30 feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was 15 feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - The second cherub also had a wingspan of 15 feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - Each cherub stood 15 feet high.

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