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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 1 / 11 (Gen 5:3–Gen 23:16)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:3 -

When Adam H121 had lived H2421 130 H3967 H7970 years H8141, he fathered H3205 a son in his own likeness H1823, according to his image H6754, and named H7121 H8034 him Seth H8352.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:4 - Then the days H3117 of Adam H121 after H310 he fathered H3205 Seth H8352 were eight H8083 hundred H3967 years H8141, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:5 - So all H3605 the days H3117 that Adam H121 lived H2421 were 930 H8672 H3967 H7970 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:6 -

Now Seth H8352 lived H2421 105 H3967 H2568 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Enosh H583.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:7 - Then Seth H8352 lived H2421 807 H8083 H3967 H7651 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Enosh H583, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:8 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Seth H8352 were 912 H8672 H3967 H8147 H6240 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:10 - Then Enosh H583 lived H2421 815 H8083 H3967 H2568 H6240 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Kenan H7018, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:11 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Enosh H583 were 905 H8672 H3967 H2568 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:13 - Then Kenan H7018 lived H2421 840 H8083 H3967 H705 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Mahalalel H4111, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:14 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Kenan H7018 were 910 H8672 H3967 H6235 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:16 - Then Mahalalel H4111 lived H2421 830 H8083 H3967 H7970 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Jared H3382, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:17 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Mahalalel H4111 were 895 H8083 H3967 H8673 H2568 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:18 -

Now Jared H3382 lived H2421 162 H3967 H8346 H8147 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Enoch H2585.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:19 - Then Jared H3382 lived H2421 eight H8083 hundred H3967 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Enoch H2585, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:20 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Jared H3382 were 962 H8672 H3967 H8346 H8147 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:22 - Then Enoch H2585 walked H1980 with God H430 three H7969 hundred H3967 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Methuselah H4968, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:23 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Enoch H2585 were 365 H7969 H3967 H8346 H2568 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:25 -

Now Methuselah H4968 lived H2421 187 H3967 H8084 years H8141, and fathered H3205 Lamech H3929.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:26 - Then Methuselah H4968 lived H2421 782 H7651 H3967 H8084 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Lamech H3929, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:27 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Methuselah H4968 were 969 H8672 H3967 H8346 H8672 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:28 -

Now Lamech H3929 lived H2421 182 H3967 H8084 years H8141, and fathered H3205 a son H1121.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:30 - Then Lamech H3929 lived H2421 595 H2568 H3967 H8673 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Noah H5146, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:31 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Lamech H3929 were 777 H7651 H3967 H7657 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:32 -

Now after Noah H5146 was five H2568 hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121, Noah H5146 fathered H3205 Shem H8035, Ham H2526, and Japheth H3315.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:3 - Then the LORD H3068 said H559, “My Spirit H7307 will not [fn]remain H1777 with man H120 forever H5769, [fn]because he is also H1571 flesh H1320; [fn]nevertheless his days H3117 shall be 120 H3967 H6242 years H8141.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - “This H2088 is how H834 you shall make H6213 it: the length H753 of the ark H8392 shall be [fn]three H7969 hundred H3967 cubits H520, its width H7341 fifty H2572 cubits H520, and its height H6967 thirty H7970 cubits H520.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:6 -

Now Noah H5146 was six H8337 hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 when the flood H3999 of water H4325 [fn]came H1961 upon the earth H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:11 - In the six H8337 hundredth H3967 year H8141 of Noah’s H5146 life H2416, in the second H8145 month H2320, on the seventeenth H7651 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320, on that day H3117 all H3605 the fountains H4599 of the great H7227 deep H8415 burst H1234 open H1234, and the [fn]floodgates H699 of the sky H8064 were opened H6605.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:24 - The water H4325 prevailed H1396 upon the earth H776 for 150 H3967 H2572 days H3117.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3 - and the water H4325 receded H7725 steadily H1980 from the earth H776, and at the end H7097 of 150 H3967 H2572 days H3117 the water H4325 decreased H2637.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the six H8337 hundred H3967 and first H259 year H8141, in the first H7223 month, on the first H259 of the month H2320, that the water H4325 was dried H2717 up H2717 [fn]from the earth H776. Then Noah H5146 removed H5493 the covering H4372 of the ark H8392, and looked H7200, and behold H2009, the [fn]surface H6440 of the ground H127 had dried H2717 up H2717.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:28 -

Noah H5146 lived H2421 350 H7969 H3967 H2572 years H8141 after H310 the flood H3999.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:29 - So all H3605 the days H3117 of Noah H5146 were 950 H8672 H3967 H2572 years H8141, and he died H4191.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:10 -

These H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Shem H8035. Shem H8035 was a hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 when he fathered H3205 Arpachshad H775, two years H8141 after H310 the flood H3999;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:11 - and Shem H8035 lived H2421 five H2568 hundred H3967 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Arpachshad H775, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:13 - and Arpachshad H775 lived H2421 403 H702 H3967 H7969 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Shelah H7974, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:15 - and Shelah H7974 lived H2421 403 H702 H3967 H7969 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Eber H5677, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:17 - and Eber H5677 lived H2421 430 H702 H3967 H7970 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Peleg H6389, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:19 - and Peleg H6389 lived H2421 209 H3967 H8672 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Reu H7466, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:21 - and Reu H7466 lived H2421 207 H3967 H7651 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Serug H8286, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:23 - and Serug H8286 lived H2421 two hundred H3967 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Nahor H5152, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:25 - and Nahor H5152 lived H2421 119 H3967 H8672 H6240 years H8141 after H310 he fathered H3205 Terah H8646, and he fathered H3205 other sons H1121 and daughters H1323.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:32 - The days H3117 of Terah H8646 were 205 H3967 H2568 years H8141; and Terah H8646 died H4191 in Haran H2771.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:14 - When Abram H87 heard H8085 that his relative H251 had been taken H7617 captive H7617, he [fn]led H7324 out H7324 his trained H2593 men H2593, born H3211 in his house H1004, numbering 318 H7969 H3967 H8083 H6240, and went H7291 in H7291 pursuit H7291 as far H5704 as Dan H1835.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:13 - Then God said H559 to Abram H87, “Know H3045 for H3045 certain H3045 that your [fn]descendants H2233 will be strangers H1616 in a land H776 that is not theirs H1992, [fn]where they will be enslaved H5647 and oppressed H6031 for four H702 hundred H3967 years H8141.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:17 - Then Abraham H85 fell H5307 on his face H6440 and laughed H6711, and said H559 in his heart H3820, “Will a child be born H3205 to a man H1121 a hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121? And will Sarah H8283, who is ninety H8673 years H8141 old H1323, give H3205 birth H3205 to a child?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:5 - Now Abraham H85 was a hundred H3967 years H8141 old H1121 when his son H1121 Isaac H3327 was born H3205 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:1 -

Now [fn]Sarah H8283 lived H2416 H1961 127 H3967 H6242 H7651 years H8141; these were the years H8141 of the life H2416 of Sarah H8283.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “My lord H113, listen H8085 to me: a plot of land H776 worth [fn]four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver H3701—what H4100 is that between H996 me and you? So bury H6912 your dead H4191.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:16 - Abraham H85 listened H8085 to Ephron H6085; and Abraham H85 weighed H8254 out H8254 for Ephron H6085 the silver H3701 which H834 he had named H1696 in the [fn]presence H241 of the sons H1121 of Heth H2845, four H702 hundred H3967 shekels H8255 of silver H3701, currency acceptable H5674 to a merchant H5503.

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Daily Devotionals

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan