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Lexicon :: Strong's H520 - 'ammâ

Aa
אַמָּה
Transliteration
'ammâ
Pronunciation
am-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Prolonged from אֵם (H517)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 115c

Strong’s Definitions

אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x

The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 245x
The KJV translates Strong's H520 in the following manner: cubit (242x), measure (1x), post (1x), not translated (1x).

  1. cubit - a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (.5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit (Dt 3.11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40.5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַמָּה ʼammâh, am-maw'; prolonged from H517; properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance):—cubit, + hundred (by exchange for H3967), measure, post.
STRONGS H520: Abbreviations
II. אַמָּה 246 noun feminine ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sabean DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic axmAf  , אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic እመት፡ etymology dubious; Thes and others mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others derive from √ אמם, أَمَّ precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm compare Di Isaiah 6:4; DlPr 109 MV derive immediately from √אמם be wide (see above), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit) — א׳ absolute Genesis 6:15 +; construct אַמַּת Deuteronomy 3:11; Jeremiah 51:13; dual אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10 +; plural אַמּוֺת Exodus 26:16 +; —
1. cubit, so אַמַּת־אִישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Deuteronomy 3:11 (compare Isaiah 8:1); in Ezekiel 40:5; Ezekiel 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, compare 2 Chronicles 3:3 בַּמִּחָה הָרִאשׁוֺנָה א׳; absolute length dubious, compare SmithDict. Bib., article Weights and Measures; LepsiusLängenmaasse der Alten, SBAk 1883, 1195 f. identification with Egyptian, longer cubit. 525m., shorter.450m.; see also Id.Babylonian-Assyr. Längenmaasse 1877; MBAk 1877, 741 OppertGGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d'Assyr. i. 124 (also on the Babylonian 'half-cubit' =.270 m. HptAJPh 1888, 419 HomSemiten i. 501); on אַצִּילָה א׳ Ezekiel 41:8 compare Sm & Co (Co strike out); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ezekiel 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֺת so Qr Co; chiefly in Exodus 25-27. 36-38 (56 times) 1 Kings 6, 7 (45 times) 2 Chronicles 3 & 2 Chronicles 4 (21 times) Ezekiel 40-43 (86 times); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Genesis 6:16; Exodus 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה Ezekiel 43:14; אַחַת א׳ Ezekiel 40:12 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:42 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 42:4; Ezekiel 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Exodus 25:10, 17, 23; Exodus 30:2; Exodus 37:1, 6, 10, 25; Numbers 11:31; שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:9; Ezekiel 41:3, 22; Ezekiel 43:14; with Numbers 1-10 א׳ mostly follows number in plural Exodus 26:16; Exodus 27:1 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:10; Ezekiel 40:5, 7, 9 +; with numbers 11-1000 +, it mostly following number in singular Genesis 6:15 (3 times in verse); Exodus 27:12, 13; Exodus 38:13, 14, 15; Numbers 35:4; Joshua 3:4; 1 Kings 6:2 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:3; 1 Kings 7:15 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 52:21, 22; Ezekiel 40:49 (twice in verse) +; seldom following, in plural Ezekiel 40:11 (strike out Co) Ezekiel 40:27 (Co singular) Ezekiel 42:2; so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֺת Ezekiel 40:13, 29 but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אַמָּה Ezekiel 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in plural precedes all Numbers 2 Chronicles 3:3 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 3:4, 8 (twice in verse) +; 2 Chronicles 6:13; Ezekiel 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה following all numbers Exodus 26:2 (twice in verse); Exodus 26:8 (twice in verse); Exodus 27:9, 18; Exodus 36:9 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:15 (twice in verse); Exodus 36:21; Numbers 35:5 (4 times in verse); 1 Kings 6:6 (3 times in verse); 1 Kings 7:23 (3 times in verse); 2 Chronicles 4:2 (3 times in verse); Ezekiel 40:21; Ezekiel 47:3; Zechariah 5:2 (twice in verse) +, compare לְאַמּוֺת חָמֵשׁ 2 Chronicles 3:11; often וַחֲצִי א׳ Exodus 25:10 (3 times in verse); Exodus 25:17 (twice in verse) +, also וַחֲצִי הָא׳ א׳ Exodus 26:16; Exodus 36:21; 1 Kings 17:31; 1 Kings 17:32; 1 Kings 17:35 etc.; compare שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת וָזָרֶ֑ת 1 Samuel 17:4; followed by בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Joshua 3:4; 2 Chronicles 3:3.
2. † measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Jeremiah 51:13 (|| קִצֵּךְ).

† III. [אַמָּה] noun feminine (etymology & meaning dubious; Thes foundation (compare Talmud AW), from אֵם in metaphorical sense, compare MV; De on Isaiah 6:4 derived similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (compare Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate); Ew Di derived from √ אמם = أَمَّ precede, whence إِمَامً front; DlPr 110 translates holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only הַסִּפִּים אַמּוֺת Isaiah 6:4.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H521.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

6:15; 6:15; 6:16

Exodus

25; 25; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:10; 25:17; 25:17; 25:23; 25:23; 26; 26:2; 26:8; 26:16; 26:16; 26:16; 27; 27:1; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 27:18; 30:2; 36:9; 36:15; 36:21; 36:21; 37:1; 37:6; 37:10; 37:25; 38:13; 38:14; 38:15

Numbers

1; 2; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11:31; 35:4; 35:5

Deuteronomy

3:11; 3:11

Joshua

3:4; 3:4

1 Samuel

17:4

1 Kings

6; 6:2; 6:3; 6:6; 6:7; 6:10; 7:15; 7:23

2 Chronicles

3; 3:3; 3:3; 3:4; 3:8; 3:11; 4; 4:2; 6:13

Isaiah

6:4; 6:4; 6:4; 8:1

Jeremiah

51:13; 51:13; 52:21; 52:22

Ezekiel

40; 40:5; 40:5; 40:7; 40:9; 40:9; 40:11; 40:12; 40:13; 40:21; 40:25; 40:27; 40:29; 40:30; 40:33; 40:36; 40:42; 40:49; 41; 41:3; 41:8; 41:22; 42; 42:2; 42:2; 42:4; 42:16; 43; 43:13; 43:14; 43:14; 43:14; 47:3

Zechariah

5:2

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Strong's Number H520 matches the Hebrew אַמָּה ('ammâ),
which occurs 249 times in 132 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 6:15–1Ki 6:26)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:15 - And this is the way you are to make it: it is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:16 - You are to put a window in the ark, a cubit from the roof, and a door in the side of it, and you are to make it with a lower and second and third floors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 7:20 - The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:10 - And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:17 - And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:23 - And you are to make a table of the same wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:2 - Every curtain is to be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:8 - Every curtain is to be thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:13 - And the cubit which is over of the ten curtains at the sides will be hanging over the two sides of the House as a cover.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:16 - Every board is to be ten cubits high and a cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And make an altar of hard wood, a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:9 - And let there be an open space round the House, with hangings for its south side of the best linen, a hundred cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:12 - And for the open space on the west side, the hangings are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten pillars and ten bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:13 - And on the east side the space is to be fifty cubits wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:14 - On the one side of the doorway will be hangings fifteen cubits long, with three pillars and three bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:16 - And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:18 - The open space is to be a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, with sides five cubits high, curtained with the best linen, with bases of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:2 - The altar is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high, and its horns are to be made of the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:9 - Every curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:15 - Every curtain was thirty cubits long and four cubits wide, all of the same measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:21 - The boards were ten cubits long and one cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:1 - And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:6 - And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:10 - And he made the table of hard wood, two cubits long, a cubit wide and a cubit and a half high;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 37:25 - And he made the altar for the burning of spices, using the same hard wood; it was square, a cubit long and a cubit wide and two cubits high; the horns made of the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:9 - To make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - And for the north side. hangings a hundred cubits long, on twenty brass pillars in brass bases, with silver hooks and bands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:12 - And on the west side, hangings fifty cubits long, on ten pillars in ten bases, with silver bands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:13 - And on the east side, the open space was fifty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:14 - The hangings on one side of the doorway were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:15 - And the same on the other side of the doorway; on this side and on that the hangings were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:18 - And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:31 - Then the Lord sent a wind, driving little birds from the sea, so that they came down on the tents, and all round the tent-circle, about a day's journey on this side and on that, in masses about two cubits high over the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:4 - Stretching from the wall of the towns a distance of a thousand cubits all round.

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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 3:11 - (For Og, king of Bashan, was the last of all the Rephaim; his bed was made of iron; is it not in Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon? It was nine cubits long and four cubits wide, measured by the common cubit.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - But let there be a space between you and it of about two thousand cubits: come no nearer to it, so that you may see the way you have to go, for you have not been over this way before.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:4 - And a fighter came out from the tents of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath; he was more than six cubits tall.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:2 - The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:3 - The covered way before the Temple of the house was twenty cubits long, as wide as the house, and ten cubits wide in front of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:6 - The lowest line of them being five cubits wide, the middle six cubits wide and the third seven cubits; for there was a space all round the outside walls of the house so that the boards supporting the rooms did not have to be fixed in the walls of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:10 - And he put up the line of side rooms against the walls of the house, fifteen cubits high, resting against the house on boards of cedar-wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:16 - And at the back of the house a further space of twenty cubits was shut in with boards of cedar-wood, for the inmost room.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:17 - And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - And the inmost room was twenty cubits square and twenty cubits high, plated over with clear gold, and he made an altar of cedar-wood, plating it with gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:23 - In the inmost room he made two winged beings of olive-wood, ten cubits high;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:24 - With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:25 - The two winged ones were ten cubits high, of the same size and form.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:26 - The two of them were ten cubits high.

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