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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 mê (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

H3967

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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)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:45 - The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:60

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:60 - All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon’s servants were 392. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:62 - the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:66 - The whole assembly together was 42,360, H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - besides their male and their female servants, [fn]of whom there were 7,337; H3967 and they had 245 H3967 male and female singers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:69 - their camels, 435; H3967 their donkeys, 6,720. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:70 - Some from among the heads of fathers’ households gave to the work. The [fn]governor gave to the treasury 1,000 gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 H3967 priests’ garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:71 - Some of the heads of fathers’ households gave into the treasury of the work 20,000 gold drachmas and 2,200 H3967 silver minas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:6 - All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were 468 H3967 able men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:8 - and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:12 - and their [fn]kinsmen who performed the work of the [fn]temple, 822; H3967 and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:13 - and his kinsmen, heads of fathers’ households, 242; H3967 and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:14 - and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. H3967 And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of [fn]Haggedolim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:18 - All the Levites in the holy city were 284. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:19 - Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172. H3967

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:1 - Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to [fn]Ethiopia over 127 H3967 provinces,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:4 - [fn]And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, 180 H3967 days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:9 - So the king’s scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third [fn]day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to [fn]Ethiopia, 127 H3967 provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:6 - At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred H3967 men,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:12 - The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred H3967 men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall even be granted you. And what is your further request? It shall also be done.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:15 - The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed three hundred H3967 men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:30 - He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 H3967 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 H3967 yoke of oxen, 500 H3967 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the [fn]men of the east.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:16 - After this, Job lived 140 H3967 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:10 - A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred H3967 blows into a fool.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:3 - If a man fathers a hundred H3967 children and lives many years, however many [fn]they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:12 - Although a sinner does evil a hundred H3967 times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear [fn]Him openly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:12 - “My very own vineyard is [fn]at my disposal;
The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,
And two hundred H3967 are for those who take care of its fruit.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:36 - Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,000 H3967 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [fn]men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were [fn]dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:20 - “No longer will there be [fn]in it an infant who lives but a few days,
Or an old man who does not [fn]live out his days;
For the youth will die at the age of one hundred H3967
And the [fn]one who does not reach the age of one hundred H3967
Will be thought accursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:23 - There were ninety-six [fn]exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered a hundred H3967 on the network all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:29 - in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar 832 H3967 persons from Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:30 - in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile 745 H3967 Jewish people; there were 4,600 H3967 persons in all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:5 - “For I have assigned you a number of days corresponding to the years of their iniquity, three hundred H3967 and ninety days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:9 - “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred H3967 and ninety days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a hundred H3967 cubits on the east and on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred H3967 cubits from gate to gate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - The inner court had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred H3967 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - He measured the court, a perfect square, a hundred H3967 cubits long and a hundred H3967 cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the [fn]temple.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:13 - Then he measured the temple, a hundred H3967 cubits long; the separate area with the building and its walls were also a hundred H3967 cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:14 - Also the width of the front of the temple and that of the separate [fn]areas along the east side totaled a hundred H3967 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 - He measured the length of the building [fn]along the front of the separate area behind it, with a [fn]gallery on each side, a hundred H3967 cubits; he also measured the inner nave and the porches of the court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - Along the length, which was a hundred H3967 cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was a hundred H3967 cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:16 - He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred H3967 reeds by the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured on the north side five hundred H3967 reeds by the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:18 - On the south side he measured five hundred H3967 reeds with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:19 - He turned to the west side and measured five hundred H3967 reeds with the measuring reed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:20 - He measured it [fn]on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five hundred H3967 and the width five hundred, H3967 to divide between the holy and the profane.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:2 - “Out of this there shall be for the holy place a square round about five hundred H3967 by five hundred H3967 cubits, and fifty cubits for its [fn]open space round about.

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