Ammah אַמָּה

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Ammah
אַמָּה
Transliterationammah
Strong's numberH520 (H0520A, H0520B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glosscubit
Occurrences247 in 131 verses
Most frequent inEzekiel (45)

Ammah (Hebrew אַמָּה, Strong's H520) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “cubit”. It occurs 247 times in 131 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H0520A: cubit

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.
Aramaic equivalent: am.mah (אַמָּה "cubit" H0521)

H0520B: foundation

foundation

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

Translated as

KJVcubits (200), cubit (42), posts (1), measure (1)
BSBcubits (169), cubit (30), cubits long (5), two (4), two cubits (4), per cubit (2), about two cubits (1), one cubit (1), cubits across (1), doorposts (1), thread of your life (1), each a cubit (1), and 4 other renderings

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Numbers

Deuteronomy

Joshua

1 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Esther

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Zechariah

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).
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