Madad מָדַד

Madad (Hebrew מָדַד, Strong's H4058) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to measure”. It occurs 51 times in 49 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Madad, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 16:18
  And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

Numbers

• Numbers 35:5
  And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 21:2
  Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.

Ruth

• Ruth 3:15
  Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.And he told her, “Bring the shawl you are wearing and hold it out.” When she did so, he shoveled six measures of barley into her shawl. Then he went into the city.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 8:2
  And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 17:21
  And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.Then he stretched himself out over the child three times and cried out to the LORD, “O LORD my God, please let this boy’s life return to him!”

Job

• Job 7:4
  When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.

Psalms

• Psalm 60:6
  God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.
• Psalm 108:7
  God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.God has spoken from His sanctuary: “I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem and apportion the Valley of Succoth.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 40:12
  Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?
• Isaiah 65:7
  Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.both for your iniquities and for those of your fathers,” says the LORD. “Because they burned incense on the mountains and scorned Me on the hills, I will measure into their laps full payment for their former deeds.”

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 31:37
  Thus saith the Lord; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the Lord.This is what the LORD says: “Only if the heavens above could be measured and the foundations of the earth below searched out would I reject all of Israel’s descendants because of all they have done,” declares the LORD.
• Jeremiah 33:22
  As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 40:5
  And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
• Ezekiel 40:6
  Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.
• Ezekiel 40:8
  He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.Then he measured the portico of the gateway inside;
• Ezekiel 40:9
  Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.
• Ezekiel 40:11
  And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:13
  He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.
• Ezekiel 40:19
  Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.
• Ezekiel 40:20
  And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.
• Ezekiel 40:23
  And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:24
  After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
• Ezekiel 40:27
  And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:28
  And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.
• Ezekiel 40:32
  And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.And he brought me to the inner court on the east side, and he measured the gateway; it had the same measurements as the others.
• Ezekiel 40:35
  And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,
• Ezekiel 40:47
  So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.Next he measured the court. It was square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide. And the altar was in front of the temple.
• Ezekiel 40:48
  And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.Then he brought me to the portico of the temple and measured the side pillars of the portico to be five cubits on each side. The width of the gateway was fourteen cubits and its sidewalls were three cubits on either side.
• Ezekiel 41:1
  Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
• Ezekiel 41:2
  And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.
• Ezekiel 41:3
  Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
• Ezekiel 41:4
  So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
• Ezekiel 41:5
  After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.
• Ezekiel 41:13
  So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.
• Ezekiel 41:15
  And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
• Ezekiel 42:15
  Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:
• Ezekiel 42:16
  He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.
• Ezekiel 42:17
  He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.
• Ezekiel 42:18
  He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.
• Ezekiel 42:19
  He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.
• Ezekiel 42:20
  He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
• Ezekiel 43:10
  Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern.As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,
• Ezekiel 45:3
  And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.From this holy portion, you are to measure off a length of 25,000 cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits, and in it will be the sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
• Ezekiel 47:3
  And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles.As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.
• Ezekiel 47:4
  Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins.Then he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through knee-deep water. Again he measured a thousand cubits and led me through waist-deep water.
• Ezekiel 47:5
  Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over.Once again he measured off a thousand cubits, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough for swimming—a river that could not be crossed on foot.

Hosea

• Hosea 1:10
  Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

Zechariah

• Zechariah 2:2
  Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.“Where are you going?” I asked. “To measure Jerusalem,” he replied, “and to determine its width and length.”

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).