H520 — אַמָּה (ʼammâh)

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Strong's H520 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אַמָּה (ʼammâh)

Pronunciation: am-maw'

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: prolonged from אֵם (ʼêm) [H517];

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 Renderings: cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for מֵאָה (mêʼâh) [H3967]), measure, post.

Senses

  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 (De 3:11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40:5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
G3358 μέτρον métron an apparently primary word a measure ("metre"), literally or figuratively; by implication, a limited portion (degree) measure
G4083 πῆχυς pēchys of uncertain affinity the fore-arm, i.e. (as a measure) a cubit cubit
H3967 מֵאָה mêʼâh or מֵאיָה (mêʼyâh); properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore
H517 אֵם ʼêm a primitive word a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)) dam, mother, [idiom] parting

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.

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