Meah מְאָה
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| מְאָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meah |
| Strong's number | H3969 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Gloss | hundred |
| Occurrences | 8 in 3 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezra (2) |
Meah (Aramaic מְאָה, Strong's H3969) is an Aramaic noun meaning “hundred”. It occurs 8 times in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
hundred, one hundred
Aramaic of me.ah (מֵאָה "hundred" H3967)
Aramaic of me.ah (מֵאָה "hundred" H3967)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hundred (8) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hundred (6), two hundred (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 6:17And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
- Ezra 7:22Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.
Daniel
- Daniel 6:1It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
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).