Word Study · Strong's H4061 · Hebrew
מִדָּה
middah
mid-daw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: middâh
“tribute in money”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
tribute in money
Rendered in the KJV as
toll, tribute.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- וּמִדָּ֥ה1
- מִדַּת֙1
- מִנְדָּ֤ה1
- מִנְדָּֽה־1
How it is rendered · 3
- tribute2
- [is] [the] tribute of1
- and tribute1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcfsa · 2
- AC/Ncfsa · 1
- ANcfsc · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Ezra4 occurrences
- Ezra 4:13מִנְדָּֽה־mindah-noun · feminine singularLet it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.here: tribute
- Ezra 4:20וּמִדָּ֥הumidahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularAnd mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.here: and tribute
- Ezra 6:8מִדַּת֙midatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.here: [is] [the] tribute of
- Ezra 7:24מִנְדָּ֤הmindahnoun · feminine singularAnd be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.here: tribute
Same headword in Strong's