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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 - And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred H3967 and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:10 - And she gave the king an hundred H3967 and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:14 - Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred H3967 threescore and six talents of gold,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:16 - And king Solomon made two hundred H3967 targets of beaten gold: six hundred H3967 shekels of gold went to one target.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:17 - And he made three hundred H3967 shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:26 - And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred H3967 chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:29 - And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred H3967 shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and H3967 fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:3 - And he had seven hundred H3967 wives, princesses, and three hundred H3967 concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:21 - And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred H3967 and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred H3967 prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:13 - Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred H3967 men of the LORD'S prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:19 - Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred H3967 and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, H3967 which eat at Jezebel's table.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:22 - Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred H3967 and fifty men.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:15 - Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred H3967 and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:29 - And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred H3967 thousand footmen in one day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:6 - Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred H3967 men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred H3967 thousand lambs, and an hundred H3967 thousand rams, with the wool.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:26 - And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred H3967 men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:43 - And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred H3967 men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, H3967 with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king's son.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:9 - And the captains over the hundreds H3967 did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:10 - And to the captains over hundreds H3967 did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 - But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, H3967 the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:19 - And he took the rulers over hundreds, H3967 and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:13 - And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred H3967 cubits.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred H3967 talents of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:35 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred H3967 fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:33 - And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred H3967 talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:42 - And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred H3967 men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred H3967 and threescore, that went out to the war.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred H3967 and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred H3967 thousand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:2 - And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:9 - And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:11 - All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred H3967 soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:40 - And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred H3967 and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:6 - And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred H3967 and ninety.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:9 - And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred H3967 and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:13 - And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred H3967 and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:22 - All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred H3967 and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:11 - And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred H3967 slain by him at one time.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, H3967 he slew them, and had a name among the three.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:14 - These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, H3967 and the greatest over a thousand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:24 - The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, H3967 ready armed to the war.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:25 - Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:26 - Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:27 - And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:30 - And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, H3967 mighty men of valour, famous throughout the house of their fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:32 - And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; H3967 and all their brethren were at their commandment.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:35 - And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:37 - And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred H3967 and twenty thousand.

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