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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)
Dictionary Aids

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

H520

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Strong's Number H520 matches the Hebrew אַמָּה ('ammâ),
which occurs 88 times in 45 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - I saw a wall completely surrounding the temple area. The length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits,[fn] each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. He measured the wall; it was one measuring rod thick and one rod high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:7 - The alcoves for the guards were one rod long and one rod wide, and the projecting walls between the alcoves were five cubits[fn] thick. And the threshold of the gate next to the portico facing the temple was one rod deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - it[fn] was eight cubits[fn] deep and its jambs were two cubits[fn] thick. The portico of the gateway faced the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - Then he measured the width of the entrance of the gateway; it was ten cubits and its length was thirteen cubits.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:12 - In front of each alcove was a wall one cubit high, and the alcoves were six cubits square.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - Then he measured the gateway from the top of the rear wall of one alcove to the top of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits[fn] from one parapet opening to the opposite one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits.[fn] The measurement was up to the portico[fn] facing the courtyard.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:15 - The distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its portico was fifty cubits.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the distance from the inside of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits[fn] on the east side as well as on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:21 - Its alcoves—three on each side—its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as those of the first gateway. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured from one gate to the opposite one; it was a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:25 - The gateway and its portico had narrow openings all around, like the openings of the others. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured from this gate to the outer gate on the south side; it was a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:29 - Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:30 - (The porticoes of the gateways around the inner court were twenty-five cubits wide and five cubits deep.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:33 - Its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico had the same measurements as the others. The gateway and its portico had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:36 - as did its alcoves, its projecting walls and its portico, and it had openings all around. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42 - There were also four tables of dressed stone for the burnt offerings, each a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit high.[fn] On them were placed the utensils for slaughtering the burnt offerings and the other sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - Then he measured the court: It was square—a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - He brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the jambs of the portico; they were five cubits wide on either side. The width of the entrance was fourteen cubits[fn] and its projecting walls were[fn] three cubits[fn] wide on either side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:49 - The portico was twenty cubits[fn] wide, and twelve[fn] cubits[fn] from front to back. It was reached by a flight of stairs,[fn] and there were pillars on each side of the jambs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - Then the man brought me to the main hall and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits[fn] on each side.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - The entrance was ten cubits[fn] wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were five cubits[fn] wide. He also measured the main hall; it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits[fn] wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits[fn] wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - And he measured the length of the inner sanctuary; it was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits across the end of the main hall. He said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:5 - Then he measured the wall of the temple; it was six cubits thick, and each side room around the temple was four cubits[fn] wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:8 - I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the length of the rod, six long cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick. The open area between the side rooms of the temple

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:10 - and the priests’ rooms was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - There were entrances to the side rooms from the open area, one on the north and another on the south; and the base adjoining the open area was five cubits wide all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:12 - The building facing the temple courtyard on the west side was seventy cubits[fn] wide. The wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - Then he measured the temple; it was a hundred cubits[fn] long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14 - The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - There was a wooden altar three cubits[fn] high and two cubits square[fn]; its corners, its base[fn] and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - The building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - In front of the rooms was an inner passageway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits[fn] long.[fn] Their doors were on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - There was an outer wall parallel to the rooms and the outer court; it extended in front of the rooms for fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - While the row of rooms on the side next to the outer court was fifty cubits long, the row on the side nearest the sanctuary was a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 - “These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits,[fn] that cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth: Its gutter is a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span[fn] around the edge. And this is the height of the altar:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:14 - From the gutter on the ground up to the lower ledge that goes around the altar it is two cubits high, and the ledge is a cubit wide.[fn] From this lower ledge to the upper ledge that goes around the altar it is four cubits high, and that ledge is also a cubit wide.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:15 - Above that, the altar hearth is four cubits high, and four horns project upward from the hearth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:17 - The upper ledge also is square, fourteen cubits[fn] long and fourteen cubits wide. All around the altar is a gutter of one cubit with a rim of half a cubit.[fn] The steps of the altar face east.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - Of this, a section 500 cubits[fn] square is to be for the sanctuary, with 50 cubits[fn] around it for open land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits[fn] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep.
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