Ammah אַמָּה

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Ammah
אַמָּה
Transliterationammah
Strong's numberH521
LanguageAramaic
Part of speechnoun
Glosscubit
Occurrences4 in 2 verses
Most frequent inEzra (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)

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

Translated as

KJVcubits (4)
BSBcubits (4)

Verses

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

Ezra

Daniel

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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