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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 6 / 11 (1Ki 9:28–1Ch 12:37)

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:28 - They went to Ophir and took four hundred H3967 and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - She gave the king a hundred H3967 and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was 666 H3967 talents of gold,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - King Solomon made 200 H3967 large shields of beaten gold, [fn]using 600 H3967 shekels of gold on each large shield.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - He made 300 H3967 shields of beaten gold, [fn]using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,400 H3967 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he [fn]stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - A chariot [fn]was imported from Egypt for 600 H3967 shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; H3967 and [fn]by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - He had seven hundred H3967 wives, princesses, and three hundred H3967 concubines, and his wives turned his heart away.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,000 H3967 chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - for when Jezebel [fn]destroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred H3967 prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - “Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid [fn]a hundred H3967 prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - “Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 H3967 prophets of Baal and 400 H3967 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then Elijah said to the people, “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal’s prophets are 450 H3967 men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he mustered the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and there were 232; H3967 and after them he mustered all the people, even all the sons of Israel, 7,000.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - So they camped one over against the other seven days. And on the seventh day the battle was joined, and the sons of Israel [fn]killed of the Arameans 100,000 H3967 foot soldiers in one day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred H3967 men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?” And they said, “Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 H3967 lambs and the wool of 100,000 H3967 rams.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him 700 H3967 men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - His attendant said, “What, will I set this before a hundred H3967 men?” But he said, “Give them to the people that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, ‘They shall eat and have some left over.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds H3967 of the Carites and of the [fn]guard, and brought them to him in the house of the LORD. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king’s son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 - So the captains of hundreds H3967 did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - The priest gave to the captains of hundreds H3967 the spears and shields that had been King David’s, which were in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 - And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds H3967 who were appointed over the army and said to them, “Bring her out [fn]between the ranks, and whoever follows her put to death with the sword.” For the priest said, “Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - He took the captains of hundreds H3967 and the Carites and the [fn]guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the [fn]guards to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, 400 H3967 [fn]cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong. [fn]Withdraw from me; whatever you [fn]impose on me I will bear.” So the king of Assyria [fn]required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred H3967 talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - Then it happened that night that the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 H3967 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [fn]men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were [fn]dead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred H3967 talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred H3967 men went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leaders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were skillful in battle, were 44,760, H3967 who went to war.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - They took away their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 H3967 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 H3967 [fn]men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ households, 20,200 H3967 mighty men of valor.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, 17,200 H3967 mighty men of valor, who were [fn]ready to go out with the army to war.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, 150 H3967 of them. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their [fn]relatives, 690 H3967 of them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - and their relatives according to their generations, 956. H3967 All these were heads of fathers’ households according to their fathers’ houses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - and their relatives, heads of their fathers’ households, 1,760 H3967 very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. H3967 These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office of trust.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - These constitute the list of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred H3967 [fn]whom he killed at one time.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - As for [fn]Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the [fn]thirty, and he swung his spear against three hundred H3967 [fn]and killed them; and he had a name as well as the [fn]thirty.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These of the sons of Gad were [fn]captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred H3967 and the greatest to a thousand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, H3967 equipped for war.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - Of the sons of Levi 4,600. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - Now Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were 3,700, H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 - Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800, H3967 mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers’ households.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; H3967 and all their kinsmen were at their command.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 - Of the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, there were 28,600. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - From the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 H3967 with all kinds of weapons of war for the battle.

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