Word Study · Strong's H520
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
“properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit”
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Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
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) KJV usage: cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.
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Genesis5 occurrences
And this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.
Exodus59 occurrences
And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.
Numbers6 occurrences
And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.The first tagged occurrence in Numbers.
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.
Joshua1 occurrence
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.The first tagged occurrence in Joshua.
1 Samuel1 occurrence
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.
1 Kings45 occurrences
And the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Kings.
2 Kings3 occurrences
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Kings.
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Chronicles.
2 Chronicles25 occurrences
Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Chronicles.
Nehemiah1 occurrence
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate.The first tagged occurrence in Nehemiah.
Esther2 occurrences
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.The first tagged occurrence in Esther.