Meah מָעָה
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| מָעָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | meah |
| Strong's number | H4579 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | grain |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Meah (Hebrew מָעָה, Strong's H4579) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “grain”. It occurs 1 time in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
Definition
grain (of sand)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | gravel (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | its grains (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Meah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Isaiah
- Isaiah 48:19Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as numerous as its grains; their name would never be cut off or eliminated from My presence.”
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).