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Lexicon :: Strong's H4058 - māḏaḏ

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מָדַד
Transliteration
māḏaḏ
Pronunciation
maw-dad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1146

Strong’s Definitions

מָדַד mâdad, maw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended:—measure, mete, stretch self.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x

The KJV translates Strong's H4058 in the following manner: measure (47x), mete out (2x), mete (1x), stretched (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 51x
The KJV translates Strong's H4058 in the following manner: measure (47x), mete out (2x), mete (1x), stretched (1x).

  1. to measure, stretch

    1. (Qal) to measure

    2. (Niphal) to be measured

    3. (Piel)

      1. to extend, continue

      2. to measure, measure off

    4. (Po) measured

    5. (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָדַד mâdad, maw-dad'; a primitive root; properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended:—measure, mete, stretch self.
STRONGS H4058: Abbreviations
מָדַד 53 verb measure (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician מדד; Arabic bdb055101 extend, stretch, bdb055102 a corn-measure, etc.; Assyrian madâdu, measure; Jewish-Aramaic noun מִידָּה measure, proportion, rule); —
Qal Perfect מ׳ (מָדָ֑ד) Isaiah 40:12 + 9 times Ezekiel; suffix מְדָדוֺ Ezekiel 42:15, Ezekiel 42:20; 1st person singular וּמַדֹּתִ֫י Isaiah 65:7; וּמָֽדְדוּ consecutive Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezekiel 43:10; וּמַדֹּתֶם consecutive Numbers 35:5; Imperfect וַיָּ֫מָד Ruth 3:15 + 22 times Ezekiel; 2nd person masculine singular תָּמוֺד Ezekiel 45:3; וַיָּמֹ֫דּוּ Exodus 16:18; תָּמֹ֫דּוּ Ezekiel 47:18; Infinitive לָמֹד Zechariah 2:6 [Zechariah 2:2]; — measure, chiefly literal (usually followed by accusative of thing; object omitted Exodus 16:18; Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezekiel 40:35, compare Ezekiel 47:18 (but see Co); followed by accusative of measure Ruth 3:15; Ezekiel 42:19; Ezekiel 47:3, Ezeliel 47:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 47:5); —
1. measure of length, distance Numbers 35:5 (P), Deuteronomy 21:2 (D), Ezekiel 40:5, Ezekiel 40:6, Ezekiel 40:8, Ezekiel 40:20 + 32 times Ezekiel 40-47 Zechariah 2:6 [Zechariah 2:2].
2. of dry measure Exodus 16:18 (P), Ruth 3:15.
3. figurative of measuring waters Isaiah 40:12 (of י׳); of requital Isaiah 65:7.
† Niph. Imperfect יִמַּד Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Jeremiah 33:22; יִמַּדּוּ Jeremiah 31:37; — be measured, of sand of sea Hosea 2:1 [Hosea 1:10]; Jeremiah 33:22; of heavens Jeremiah 31:37.
† Pi. Perfect וּמִדַּדֿ consecutive [H4059 Job 7:4] (compare Ges§ 52. 2. R. 1); Imperfect וַיְמַדֵּד 2 Samuel 8:2; וַיְמַדְּדֵם 2 Samuel 8:2; אֲמַדֵּד Psalm 60:8 [Psalm 60:6]; Psalm 108:8 [Psalm 108:7]; —
1. extend, continue (= make extent or continuation), subject עֶרֶב [H4059 Job 7:4].
2. measure, measure off, בַחֶבֶל, of apportioning Moabites to death and life, followed by suffix 2 Samuel 8:2; also object חֲבָלִים 2 Samuel 8:2; metaphor of conquest, followed by accusative, Psalm 60:8 [Psalm 60:6] = Psalm 108:8 [Psalm 108:7] (|| חִלֵּק).
Po. Imperfect וַיְמֹ֫דֶד H4128 Habakkuk 3:6 (subject God, object אֶרֶץ), measured (namely, with eye) Vulgate Hi AV RV, but dubious; Greek Version of the LXX ἐσαλεύθη, Targum אֲזִיעַ, hence shook Ew Ke Or and others (from √ [מוֺד =] מוֺט, but read then rather וַיְמֹטֵט, although מוט not elsewhere in this conjugation; We, plausibly, וַיְמֹגֵג √ מוג, compare Nahum 1:5).
†Hithpo. וַיִּתְמֹדֵד followed by עַלהַֿיֶ֫לֶד; 1 Kings 17:21 measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:18; 16:18; 16:18

Numbers

35:5; 35:5

Deuteronomy

21:2; 21:2; 21:2

Ruth

3:15; 3:15; 3:15

2 Samuel

8:2; 8:2; 8:2; 8:2

1 Kings

17:21

Psalms

60:6; 60:6; 108:7; 108:7

Isaiah

40:12; 40:12; 65:7; 65:7

Jeremiah

31:37; 31:37; 33:22; 33:22

Ezekiel

40:5; 40:6; 40:8; 40:20; 40:35; 42:15; 42:19; 42:20; 43:10; 45:3; 47:3; 47:4; 47:5; 47:18; 47:18

Hosea

1:10; 1:10

Nahum

1:5

Habakkuk

3:6

Zechariah

2:2; 2:2

H4058

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4058 matches the Hebrew מָדַד (māḏaḏ),
which occurs 51 times in 49 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - The measure of this space of land is to be two thousand cubits outside the town on the east, and two thousand cubits on the south and on the west and on the north, the town being in the middle. This space will be the outskirts of their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:2 - Then your responsible men and your judges are to come out, and give orders for the distance from the dead body to the towns round about it to be measured;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:15 - And he said, Take your robe, stretching it out in your hands: and she did so, and he took six measures of grain and put them into it, and gave it her to take: and she went back to the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:2 - And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:21 - And stretching herself out on the child three times, he made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord my God, be pleased to let this child's life come back to him again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:6 - God has said in his holy place, I will be glad: I will make a division of Shechem, and the valley of Succoth will be measured out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:7 - This is the word of the holy God: I will be glad; I will make Shechem a heritage, measuring out the valley of Succoth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - In the hollow of whose hand have the waters been measured? and who is able to take the heavens in his stretched-out fingers? who has got together the dust of the earth in a measure? who has taken the weight of the mountains, or put the hills into the scales?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - For their sins and the sins of their fathers, who were burning perfumes on the mountains, and saying evil things against me on the hills: so I will take the measure of their sins, and will send the punishment for them into their breast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:37 - This is what the Lord has said: If the heavens on high may be measured, and the bases of the earth searched out, then I will give up the seed of Israel, because of all they have done, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:22 - As it is not possible for the army of heaven to be numbered, or the sand of the sea measured, so will I make the seed of my servant David, and the Levites my servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:5 - And there was a wall on the outside of the house all round, and in the man's hand there was a measuring rod six cubits long by a cubit and a hand's measure: so he took the measure of the building from side to side, one rod; and from base to top, one rod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:6 - Then he came to the doorway looking to the east, and went up by its steps; and he took the measure of the doorstep, one rod wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:8 - And he took the measure of the covered way of the doorway inside,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:9 - Eight cubits; and its uprights, two cubits; the covered way of the doorway was inside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:11 - And he took the measure of the opening of the doorway, ten cubits wide; and the way down the doorway was thirteen cubits;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:13 - And he took the measure of the doorway from the back of one room to the back of the other, twenty-five cubits across, from door to door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he took the measure of the square across, from before the lower doorway inside to before the inner doorway outside, one hundred cubits. And he took me in the direction of the north,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 - And there was a doorway to the outer square, looking to the north; and he took the measure of it to see how wide and how long it was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And there was a doorway to the inner square opposite the doorway on the north, like the doorway on the east; and he took the measure from doorway to doorway, a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:24 - And he took me to the south, and I saw a doorway looking to the south: and he took the measure of its rooms and its uprights and its covered ways by these measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - And there was a doorway to the inner square looking to the south: he took the measure from doorway to doorway to the south, a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 - Then he took me to the inner square by the south doorway: and he took the measure of the south doorway by these measures;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 - And he took me into the inner square facing the east: and he took the measure of the doorway by these measures;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 - And he took me to the north doorway: and he took the measure of it by these measures;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - And he took the measure of the open square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, being square; and the altar was in front of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:48 - Then he took me to the covered way before the house, and took the measure of its uprights, five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other: and the doorway was fourteen cubits wide; and the side-walls of the doorway were three cubits on one side and three cubits on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:1 - And he took me to the Temple, and took the measure of the uprights, six cubits wide on one side and six cubits wide on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:2 - And the door-opening was ten cubits wide; and the side walls of the door-opening were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other: and it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:3 - And he went inside and took the measure of the uprights of the door-opening, two cubits: and the door-opening, six cubits; and the side-walls of the door-opening were seven cubits on one side and seven cubits on the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:4 - And by his measure it was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide in front of the Temple: and 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 took the measure of the wall of the house, which was six cubits; and of the side-rooms round the house, which were four cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - And he took the measure of the house; it was a hundred cubits long; and the separate place and the building with its walls was a hundred cubits long;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - And he took the measure of the building in front of the separate place which was at the back of it, and the pillared walks on one side and on the other side; they were a hundred cubits long; and the Temple and the inner part and its outer covered way were covered in;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:15 - And when he had come to the end of measuring the inner house, he took me out to the doorway looking to the east, and took its measure all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He went round and took the measure of it on the east side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - And he went round and took the measure of it on the north side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - And he went round and took the measure of it on the south side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - And he went round and took the measure of it on the west side with the measuring rod, five hundred, measured with the rod all round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He took its measure on the four sides: and it had a wall all round, five hundred long and five hundred wide, separating what was holy from what was common.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:10 - You, son of man, give the children of Israel an account of this house, so that they may be shamed because of their evil-doing: and let them see the vision of it and its image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:3 - And of this measure, let a space be measured, twenty-five thousand long and ten thousand wide: in it there will be the holy place, even the most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:3 - And the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, and after measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters, which came over my feet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:4 - And again, measuring a thousand cubits, he made me go through the waters which came up to my knees. Again, measuring a thousand, he made me go through the waters up to the middle of my body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:5 - Again, after his measuring a thousand, it became a river which it was not possible to go through: for the waters had become deep enough for swimming, a river it was not possible to go through.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:18 - And the east side will be from Hazar-enon, which is between Hauran and Damascus; and between Gilead and the land of Israel the Jordan will be the limit, to the east sea, to Tamar. This is the east side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:2 - And I said to him, Where are you going? And he said to me, To take the measure of Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.
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