Ammah אַמָּה
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| אַמָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ammah |
| Strong's number | H521 |
| Language | Aramaic |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Gloss | cubit |
| Occurrences | 4 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezra (1) |
Ammah (Aramaic אַמָּה, Strong's H521) is an Aramaic noun meaning “cubit”. It occurs 4 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (. 5 m)
Aramaic of am.mah (אַמָּה "cubit" H0520A)
Aramaic of am.mah (אַמָּה "cubit" H0520A)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | cubits (4) |
|---|---|
| BSB | cubits (4) |
Verses
Every verse with Ammah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 6:3In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,
Daniel
- Daniel 3:1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.King Nebuchadnezzar made a golden statue sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
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).