Meah מֵאָה
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| מֵאָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meah |
| Strong's number | H3968 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | place name |
| Gloss | (Tower of) the Hundred |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Meah (Hebrew מֵאָה, Strong's H3968) is a place name in the Old Testament, glossed “(Tower of) the Hundred”. It occurs 2 times.
Definition
Combined with mig.dal (מִגְדָּל "Tower" H4026H)
§ Meah = "hundred"
a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah
§ Meah = "hundred"
a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | meah (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hundred (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Meah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Nehemiah
- Nehemiah 3:1Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- Nehemiah 12:39And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. And they stopped at the Gate of the Guard.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).