Word Study · Strong's H4058 · Hebrew
מָדַד
madad
maw-dad'
Strong's 1890 spelling: mâdad
“properly, to stretch”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Rendered in the KJV as
measure, mete, stretch self.
- 51occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 13 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 33inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 51 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 33
- וַיָּ֣מָד7
- וַיָּ֤מָד3
- וַיָּ֜מָד3
- וַיָּ֨מָד3
- אֲמַדֵּֽד׃2
- וַיָּ֙מָד֙2
- וַיָּ֥מָד2
- וּמָדַ֣ד2
- יִמַּ֖ד2
- מָדַ֛ד2
- וַיָּ֛מָד1
- וַיָּ֧מָד1
and 21 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- and he measured22
- and he measured out5
- he measured4
- and they will measure2
- I will measure off2
- it will be measured2
- and he measured it1
- and he measured off1
- and he measured off them1
- and he stretched himself1
- and I will measure1
- and it will continue1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 18
- Hc/Vqw3ms23
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular6
- Hc/Vqq3ms4
- Hc/Vqq3cp2
- verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- verb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular2
- Hc/Vpq3ms1
- Hc/Vpw3ms1
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp1
- Hc/Vqq1cs1
- Hc/Vqq2mp1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 23
- HVqp3ms · 6
- Hc/Vqq3ms · 4
- Hc/Vqq3cp · 2
- HVNi3ms · 2
- HVpi1cs · 2
- Hc/Vpq3ms · 1
- Hc/Vpw3ms · 1
- Hc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mp · 1
- Hc/Vqq1cs · 1
- Hc/Vqq2mp · 1
- Hc/Vqq3ms/Sp3ms · 1
All 51, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezekiel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 8:2וַֽיְמַדְּדֵ֤םvaymadedemHc/Vpw3ms/Sp3mpDavid also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.here: and he measured off them
- 2 Samuel 8:2וַיְמַדֵּ֤דvaymadedHc/Vpw3msDavid also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.here: and he measured off
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 60:6אֲמַדֵּֽד׃ʾamadedverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularGod has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.here: I will measure off
- Psalms 108:7אֲמַדֵּֽד׃ʾamadedverb · intensive (piel), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularGod has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.here: I will measure off
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 40:12מָדַ֨דmadadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWho has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?here: has he measured
- Isaiah 65:7וּמַדֹּתִ֧יumadotiHc/Vqq1csboth for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”here: and I will measure
Jeremiah2 occurrences
- Jeremiah 31:37יִמַּ֤דּוּyimaduverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThis is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.here: they will be measured
- Jeremiah 33:22יִמַּ֖דyimadverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAs the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”here: it will be measured
Ezekiel35 occurrences
- Ezekiel 40:5וַיָּ֜מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msAnd I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:6וַיָּ֣מָד׀vaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:8וַיָּ֜מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he measured the portico of the gateway inside;here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:9וַיָּ֜מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msit was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:11וַיָּ֛מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msAnd he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:13וַיָּ֣מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:19וַיָּ֣מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:20מָדַ֥דmadadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.here: he measured
- Ezekiel 40:23וַיָּ֧מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThere was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:24וּמָדַ֤דumadadHc/Vqq3msThen he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:27וַיָּ֨מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThe inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:28וַיָּ֙מָד֙vaiyamodHc/Vqw3msNext he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:32וַיָּ֣מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msAnd he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:35וּמָדַ֖דumadadHc/Vqq3msThen he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:47וַיָּ֨מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msNext he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 40:48וַיָּ֙מָד֙vaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 41:1וַיָּ֣מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 41:2וַיָּ֤מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThe width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 41:3וַיָּ֥מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msAnd he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 41:4וַיָּ֨מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 41:5וַיָּ֥מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msNext he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 41:13וּמָדַ֣דumadadHc/Vqq3msThen he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 41:15וּמָדַ֣דumadadHc/Vqq3msNext he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,here: and he measured
- Ezekiel 42:15וּמְדָד֖וֹumedadoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3msNow when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:here: and he measured it
- Ezekiel 42:16מָדַ֛דmadadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularWith a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.here: he measured
- Ezekiel 42:17מָדַ֖דmadadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.here: he measured
- Ezekiel 42:18מָדָ֑דmadadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.here: he measured
- Ezekiel 42:19מָדַ֛דmadadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularAnd he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.here: he measured [it]
- Ezekiel 42:20מְדָד֗וֹmedadoverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.here: he measured it
- Ezekiel 43:10וּמָדְד֖וּumadeduHc/Vqq3cpAs for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,here: and they will measure
- Ezekiel 45:3תָּמ֔וֹדtamodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularFrom this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.here: you will measure
- Ezekiel 47:3וַיָּ֤מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msAs the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.here: and he measured out
- Ezekiel 47:4וַיָּ֣מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.here: and he measured out
- Ezekiel 47:4וַיָּ֣מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msThen he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.here: and he measured out
- Ezekiel 47:5וַיָּ֣מָדvaiyamodHc/Vqw3msOnce again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.here: and he measured out