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Lexicon :: Strong's H3967 - mē'â

Aa
מֵאָה
Transliteration
mē'â
Pronunciation
may-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1135

Strong’s Definitions

מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x

The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 581x
The KJV translates Strong's H3967 in the following manner: hundred (571x), eleven hundred (with H505) (3x), hundredth (3x), hundredfold (2x), sixscore (with H6242) (1x), hundred times (1x).
  1. hundred

    1. as simple number

    2. as part of larger number

    3. as a fraction - one one-hundredth (1/100)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֵאָה mêʼâh, may-aw'; or מֵאיָה mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction:—hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
STRONGS H3967: Abbreviations
I. מֵאָה 583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic bdb054703 Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic bdb054704; Aramaic מְאָה, bdb054705; Palmyrene תלת מאה 300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — מ׳ Genesis 6:3 144 times; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324 times (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 + 3 times 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם -) Genesis 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred:
1. as simple number:
a. absolute singular,
(1) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ מ׳ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר מ׳ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף מ׳ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 + 6 times Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3;
(2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), פְּעָמִים מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים מ׳ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.;
(3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32;
(4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes);
(5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; מ׳ Proverbs 17:10 100 (blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100 (children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 (times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below
b. absolute dual,
(1) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה מ׳ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף מ׳ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה מ׳ Genesis 11:23 (P);
(2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים מ׳ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים מ׳ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים מ׳ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4;
(3) also preceded by plural noun: עִוִּים מ׳ Genesis 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ Genesis 32:15 (E), הָרִמּוֺנִים מ׳ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65;
(4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף מ׳ Judges 17:4;
(5) as predicate, רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33 van d. H).
c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת
(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ׳ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21, 25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +;
(2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 7:6, 300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה אַרְבַּע מ׳ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב שֵׁשׁ מ׳ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע מ׳ Judges 20:15, 16 700 men; חָלָל שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב תְּשַׁע מ׳ Judges 4:3, 13 900 chariots;
(3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.;
(4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after.collective noun בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 35:9;
(5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ Exodus 30:24 (P);
(6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף שְׁלשׁ מ׳ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.
d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see 2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 279 e). — Nehemiah 5:11 see 3 below
2. as part of larger number:
a. usually preceding tens and units,
(1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31);
(2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. Times. May, 1898).
b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).
3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.)

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3969.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

5:3; 5:3; 5:4; 5:9; 5:23; 5:30; 6:1; 6:3; 11:10; 11:19; 11:23; 15:13; 17:17; 21:5; 23:1; 25:7; 26:12; 32:15; 32:15; 33:19; 45:22

Exodus

6:16; 12:27; 14:7; 18:21; 18:25; 30:24

Leviticus

26:8

Numbers

7:86

Deuteronomy

22:19

Joshua

7:21; 24:32

Judges

2:8; 4:3; 4:13; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:16; 7:19; 8:4; 15:4; 17:4; 20:10; 20:15; 20:16

1 Samuel

15:4; 18:27; 18:27; 25:18; 25:18; 29:2; 30:10; 30:21

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 14:26; 15:11; 16:1; 16:1; 18:4; 23:8; 24:3; 24:9

1 Kings

5:3; 7:2; 7:20; 7:42; 10:14; 10:16; 11:3; 18:4; 18:13; 20:29

2 Kings

4:43; 11; 11:4; 11:4; 11:9; 11:10; 11:15; 23:33

1 Chronicles

4:42; 12:14; 12:32; 15:8; 18:4; 21:3; 25:9

2 Chronicles

3:16; 4:8; 4:13; 9:15; 13:17; 14:8; 25:6; 27:5; 29:32; 29:32; 35:9; 36:3

Ezra

2:65; 2:69; 8:4; 8:26; 8:26

Nehemiah

3:1; 5:11; 5:11; 7:24; 7:31; 12:39

Esther

1:4

Job

1:3

Proverbs

17:10

Ecclesiastes

6:3; 8:12; 8:12; 8:12

Isaiah

65:20

Jeremiah

52:23

Ezekiel

40:19; 42:2

Amos

5:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3967 matches the Hebrew מֵאָה (mē'â),
which occurs 583 times in 511 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 11 (Neh 7:45–Eze 45:2)

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45 - The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred H3967 thirty and eight.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:60 - All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred H3967 ninety and two.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 - The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred H3967 forty and two.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred H3967 and threescore,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred H3967 thirty and seven: and they had two hundred H3967 forty and five singing men and singing women.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - Their camels, four hundred H3967 thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred H3967 and twenty asses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred H3967 and thirty priests' garments.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred H3967 pound of silver.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 - All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred H3967 threescore and eight valiant men.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8 - And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred H3967 twenty and eight.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred H3967 twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:13 - And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred H3967 forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred H3967 twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:18 - All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred H3967 fourscore and four.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 - Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred H3967 seventy and two.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and H3967 seven and twenty provinces:)
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and H3967 fourscore days.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred H3967 twenty and H3967 seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred H3967 men.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred H3967 men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred H3967 men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred H3967 twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred H3967 yoke of oxen, and five hundred H3967 she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16 - After this lived Job an hundred H3967 and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:10 - A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred H3967 stripes into a fool.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3 - If a man beget an hundred H3967 children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, H3967 and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:12 - My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and H3967 those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred H3967 and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred H3967 years old; but the sinner being an hundred H3967 years old shall be accursed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23 - And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred H3967 round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:29 - In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred H3967 thirty and two persons:
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred H3967 forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:5 - For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred H3967 and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred H3967 and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred H3967 cubits eastward and northward.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred H3967 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred H3967 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - So he measured the court, an hundred H3967 cubits long, and an hundred H3967 cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - So he measured the house, an hundred H3967 cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred H3967 cubits long;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14 - Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred H3967 cubits.
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 H3967 cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - Before the length of an hundred H3967 cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred H3967 cubits.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred H3967 reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side, five hundred H3967 reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - He measured the south side, five hundred H3967 reeds, with the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred H3967 reeds with the measuring reed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred H3967 reeds long, and five hundred H3967 broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred H3967 in length, with five hundred H3967 in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.

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