מֵאָה
hundred
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Singular
- One.
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
Every verse where H3967 appears in the Book of Numbers — 85 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Numbers
- Numbers 1:21 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:23 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
- Numbers 1:25 מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
- Numbers 1:27 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were sixty-four thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 1:29 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:31 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:33 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:35 וּ/מָאתָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 1:37 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:39 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 1:41 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 1:43 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp those who were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 1:46 מֵא֥וֹת מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp even all those who were numbered were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Numbers 2:4 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of them, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 2:6 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:8 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of it, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:9 מְאַ֨ת מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bs cs adj Cardinal number bp All who were numbered of the camp of Judah were one hundred eighty-six thousand four hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out first.
- Numbers 2:11 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of it, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 2:13 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
- Numbers 2:15 מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
- Numbers 2:16 מְאַ֨ת מֵא֥וֹת adj Cardinal number bs cs adj Cardinal number bp "All who were numbered of the camp of Reuben were one hundred fifty-one thousand four hundred fifty, according to their hosts. They shall set out second.
- Numbers 2:19 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 2:21 וּ/מָאתָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd His division, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 2:23 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His host, and those who were numbered of them, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:24 מְאַ֥ת וּ/מֵאָ֖ה adj Cardinal number bs cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs "All who were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were one hundred eight thousand one hundred, according to their divisions. They shall set out third.
- Numbers 2:26 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of them, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 2:28 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of them, were forty-one thousand and five hundred.
- Numbers 2:30 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp His division, and those who were numbered of them, were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 2:31 מְאַ֣ת מֵא֑וֹת adj Cardinal number bs cs adj Cardinal number bp "All who were numbered of the camp of Dan were one hundred fifty-seven thousand six hundred. They shall set out last by their standards."
- Numbers 2:32 מֵא֥וֹת מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses. All who were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
- Numbers 3:22 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 3:28 מֵא֔וֹת adj Cardinal number bp According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.
- Numbers 3:34 וּ/מָאתָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 3:43 וּ/מָאתָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd All the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those who were numbered of them, were twenty-two thousand two hundred seventy-three.
- Numbers 3:46 וְ/הַ/מָּאתָ֑יִם conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bd For the redemption of the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the children of Israel, who exceed the number of the Levites,
- Numbers 3:50 מֵא֛וֹת adj Cardinal number bp from the firstborn of the children of Israel he took the money, one thousand three hundred sixty-five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
- Numbers 4:36 מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp Those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.
- Numbers 4:40 מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.
- Numbers 4:44 וּ/מָאתָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 4:48 מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.
- Numbers 7:13 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs and his offering was: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:19 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs He offered for his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:25 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:31 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:37 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:43 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:49 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:55 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:61 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:67 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:73 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:79 וּ/מֵאָה֮ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
- Numbers 7:85 וּ/מֵאָ֗ה מֵא֖וֹת conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs adj Cardinal number bp each silver platter weighing one hundred thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
- Numbers 7:86 וּ/מֵאָֽה conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
- Numbers 11:21 מֵא֥וֹת adj Cardinal number bp Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
- Numbers 16:2 וּ/מָאתָ֑יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown;
- Numbers 16:17 וּ/מָאתַ֖יִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd and take every man his censer, and put incense on them, and bring you before Yahweh every man his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each his censer.
- Numbers 16:35 וּ/מָאתַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd Fire came forth from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
- Numbers 16:49 מֵא֑וֹת adj Cardinal number bp Now those who died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those who died about the matter of Korah.
- Numbers 26:7 מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of the Reubenites; and those who were numbered of them were forty-three thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Numbers 26:10 וּ/מָאתַ֨יִם֙ conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died; what time the fire devoured two hundred fifty men, and they became a sign.
- Numbers 26:14 וּ/מָאתָֽיִם conj + Adjective Cardinal number bd These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand two hundred.
- Numbers 26:18 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
- Numbers 26:22 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, seventy-six thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 26:25 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, sixty-four thousand three hundred.
- Numbers 26:27 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, sixty thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 26:34 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were fifty-two thousand seven hundred.
- Numbers 26:37 מֵא֑וֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, thirty-two thousand five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.
- Numbers 26:41 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the sons of Benjamin after their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand six hundred.
- Numbers 26:43 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were sixty-four thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 26:47 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, fifty-three thousand and four hundred.
- Numbers 26:50 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand four hundred.
- Numbers 26:51 מֵא֥וֹת מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp These are those who were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred one thousand seven hundred thirty.
- Numbers 31:14 הַ/מֵּא֔וֹת ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp Moses was angry with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.
- Numbers 31:28 הַ/מֵּא֑וֹת ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp Levy a tribute to Yahweh of the men of war who went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, [both] of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the donkeys, and of the flocks:
- Numbers 31:32 מֵא֥וֹת adj Cardinal number bp Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred seventy-five thousand sheep,
- Numbers 31:36 מֵא֥וֹת מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
- Numbers 31:37 מֵא֖וֹת adj Cardinal number bp and Yahweh's tribute of the sheep was six hundred seventy-five.
- Numbers 31:39 מֵא֑וֹת adj Cardinal number bp The donkeys were thirty thousand five hundred; of which Yahweh's tribute was sixty-one.
- Numbers 31:43 מֵא֥וֹת מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp adj Cardinal number bp (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
- Numbers 31:45 מֵאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp and thirty thousand five hundred donkeys,
- Numbers 31:48 הַ/מֵּאֽוֹת ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp The officers who were over the thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near to Moses;
- Numbers 31:52 מֵא֥וֹת הַ/מֵּאֽוֹת adj Cardinal number bp ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp All the gold of the heave-offering that they offered up to Yahweh, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred fifty shekels.
- Numbers 31:54 וְ/הַ/מֵּא֑וֹת conj + ptcl def.art + Adjective Cardinal number bp Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the children of Israel before Yahweh.
- Numbers 33:39 וּ/מְאַ֖ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number bs cs Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died in Mount Hor.
About this entry
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מאה — transliterated mêʼâh — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “hundred.” Translators differ — “hundred” in the King James Version, then “were” (unfoldingWord Literal Text), as the renderings breakdown shows. With 512 verses in 25 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 5:3. It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. See the sense tree, 512-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3967 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 512
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 512 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #84
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 84 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 512 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Numbers 85 verses 17%
- Genesis 63 verses 12%
- 2 Chronicles 52 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 512 distinct verses.
- Writings (Ketuvim) 204 verses · 40%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 175 verses · 34%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 133 verses · 26%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Hundred 418×, Two hundred 64×, Hundreds 19×
- American Standard Version†: Hundred 409×, Two hundred 66×, Hundreds 22×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Hundred 132×, Hundreds 26×, Two hundred 17×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Were 105×, Years 35×, Hundreds 26×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3967 across 578† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3967 across 577† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3967 across 226† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 352 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3967 across 313† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 283 further occurrences.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
מאה I hundred (NH id.
- 1. as simple number:
- a. abs. sg., (1) foll. by sg. of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Gn 33:19; Jos 24:32 (both E); מ׳ אִישׁ Ju 7:19; 1 K 18:13; 2 K 4:43; מ׳ אַמָּה 1 K 7:2; Ez 40:19 +; מ׳ כִּכָּר 2 K 23:33; 2 Ch 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezr 8:26; מ׳ אֶלֶף = 100,000 1 K 20:29 + 6 times K Ch; cf. also Gn 17:17 (P), 2 S 8:4; Is 65:20;(×2), and sq. n. coll. רֶכֶב 2 S 8:4 = 1 Ch 18:4, צֹאן 1 K 5:3; (2) less often sq. pl. מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Gn 26:12 (J), מ׳ פְּעָמִים 2 S 24:3 = 1 Ch 21:3, מ׳ נְבִיאִים 1 K 18:4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by n.pl.: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Je 52:23, אַמּוֹת הַמֵּאָה Ez 42:2, cf. Ezr 2:69; 2 Ch 3:16; 4:8; 29:32; (4) exceptional is כְּלֵי כֶסֶף מֵאָה לְכִכָּרִים Ezr 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Dt 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 S 16:1 (i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Ju 20:10(×2) Am 5:3(×2) Lv 26:8(×2) (H), 1 Ch 12:14; מ׳ Pr 17:10 = 100 (blows), Ec 6:3 = 100 (children), 8:12 = 100 (times).—On Ne 3:1; 12:39 v. infr. e.g. Genesis 33:19
- b. abs. du., (1) foll. by sg., מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 S 18:27; 30:10; 2 S 15:11, מ׳ לֶחֶם 1 S 25:18; 2 S 16:1, מ׳ צִנָּה 1 K 10:16 = 2 Ch 9:15, מ׳ אֶלֶף 1 S 15:4 +, מ׳ שָׁנָה Gn 11:23 (P); (2) less often sq. pl. מ׳ שְׁקָלִים Jos 7:21 (JE), 2 S 14:26, מ׳ דְּבֵלִים 1 S 25:18, מ׳ אֲנָשִׁים 1 S 30:21, cf. Ezr 8:4; (3) also preceded by n.pl.: עִזִּים מ׳ Gn 32:15, רְחֵלִים מ׳ v 15 (E), הָרִמּוֹנִים מ׳ 1 K 7:20, cf. 1 Ch 15:8; 2 Ch 29:32; Ezr 2:65; (4) c. ellipsis מ׳ כֶּסֶף Ju 17:4; (5) as pred., רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ׳ 1 Ch 12:32 (v 33 Van d. H.). e.g. 1 Samuel 18:27
- c. abs. pl. מֵא(וֹ)ת:—(1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֹת 1 S 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 S 18:4 (both + thousands); especially (הַ)מּ׳ שָׂרֵי captains of (the) hundreds Ex 18:21, 25 (E), 2 K 11:4, 9, 10, 15 +; (2) multiplied, sq. noun enumerated, in sg.: שְׁלשׁ מ׳ אִישׁ Ju 7:6 300 men, cf. v 7, 8, 16; 8:4 Ex 12:27 (E), etc.; אַרְבַּע מ׳ שָׁנָה Gn 15:13 (JE) 400 years; חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ אֶלֶף 2 S 24:9 500,000, cf. 2 Ch 13:17; שֵׁשׁ מ׳ רֶכֶב Ex 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; שְׁבַע מ׳ אִישׁ Ju 20:15, 16 700 men; שְׁמֹנֶה מ׳ חָלָל 2 S 23:8 800 slain; תְּשַׁע מ׳ רֶכֶב Ju 4:3, 13 900 chariots; (3) less often sq. n.pl.: שְׁלשׁ מ׳ שׁוּעָלִים Ju 15:4 300 foxes; חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ מֲתוֹנוֹת Jb 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after n.pl. פִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ׳ 1 K 11:3 300 concubines, cf. 7:42 = 2 Ch 4:13, 1 Ch 4:42; 2 Ch 14:8 etc.; after n.coll. בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ 2 Ch 35:9; (5) rare is חֲמֵשׁ מ׳ בַּשֶּׁקֶל Ex 30:24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., שְׁלשׁ מ׳ כֶּסֶף Gn 45:22 (E), etc. e.g. 1 Samuel 29:2
- d. cstr. sg., only sq. sg., and late: מְאַת־שָׁנָה Gn 11:10; 21:5; 25:7 (all P) + 25 times P, 2 Ch 25:9; Est 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also c. other numerals, v. 2 infr.); מְאַ֖ת Ec 8:12 = 100 times (מֵאָה פְּעָמִים), sc. פַּעַם, or perhaps only appar. cstr. (Köii. 228 cf. Ew§ 269 b. 279 e).—Ne 5:11 v. 3 infr. e.g. Genesis 11:10
- 2. as part of larger number:
- a. usually preceding tens and units, (1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually c. וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Köii. 218 ff.); מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Ju 2:8; שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר 1 K 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Ne 7:24 and v 31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים Gn 23:1 (P) (cf. ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI 5, 6 DaExpos. Times, May, 1898). e.g. Judges 2:8
- b. less often, foll. tens and units, chiefly late, c. וְ repeated:—עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Nu 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Ex 6:16 (P), etc.; c. noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה Gn 5:23 (P), etc.—On these usages v., further, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges§§ 97, 134 and especially Herner Synt. d. Zahlwörter im AT (1893). e.g. Numbers 7:86
- 3. מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Ne 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite poss. מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870, 227 Gr.) e.g. Nehemiah 5:11
מאה II used as n.pr. of tower on northern wall of Jerus., מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה Ne 3
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Word origin
I. n.f. hundred (NH id.; MI 20 מאתן (du.); SI5 מאת, מאתים (du.); Ph. מאת, מאתם (du.); Assyrian mê (prob., Dl§ 75), TelAm. me-at WklTelAm. 20; Arabic مِاىَٔةٌ; Sab. מאת, מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CIS iv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin. 457; Ethiopic ምእት:; Aramaic מְאָה, ܡܳܐܐ; Palm. תלת מאה 300 VogPalm. 6, 4; Nab. מאה EutNab 8, 9);—מ׳ Gn 6:3 + 144 times; cstr. מְאַת 5:3 + 30 times (on מְאַת Ec 8:12 v. 1 d infr.); pl. abs. מֵאוֹת Gn 5:9 + 324 times (מֵאֹת only 5:4, 30); המאיות Kt 2 K 11:4 + 3 times 2 K 11; du. מָאתַיִם (-תָ֑יִם) Gn 11:19 + 76 times (but 1 S 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) 𝔊𝔊 We Dr Kit Bu HPS);—hundred:—
II. n.f. used as n.pr. of tower on northern wall of Jerus., מִגְדַּל הַמֵּאָה Ne 3:1; 12:39.
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Origin: properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מֵאָה
- (b. h.) one hundred. Tosef. Ber. VII (VI), 24 מ׳ מצות one hundred religious acts. Ib. 8; a. v. fr.—Pesik. Vattom., p. 131ᵇ מ׳ חסר שתים ninety-eight; a. fr.—Du. מָאתַיִם. Ex. R. s. 23; Mekh. B’shall., s. 6. Macc. I, 2. Keth. I, 2, v. כְּתוּבָּה; a. fr.—Pl. מֵאוֹת. Macc. 23ᵇ; a. fr.
מְאָה
- Targ. Gen. V, 3, sq.; a. fr.—Du. מָאתַיִן, מָאתָן. Ezra VI, 17.—Targ. Gen. XXXII, 15; a. fr.—Pl. מַאֲוָון. מָאוָן, מְאַוָותָא. Targ. II Sam. XVIII, 4 ed. Lag. (ed. מאתן; corr. acc.). Targ. I Sam. XXIX, 2.—Targ. O. Ex. XVIII, 21 מְאַוָתָא ed. Berl. (oth. ed. מַאֲוָ׳; Y. מַאֲוָו׳); a. fr.—Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ bot. תלת מ׳ צומין three hundred fasts; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ bot. מאתן (corr. acc.). Y. Naz. V, end, 54ᵇ תלת מ׳ נזירין three hundred Nazarites; תשע מ׳ קרבנין nine hundred sacrifices; (Y. Ber. VII, 11ᵇ bot.; Gen. R. s. 91 תלת מאה, תשע מאה); a. fr. e.g. Ezra 6:17
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 452 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 512 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 5:3
- Exodus 6:16
- Leviticus 26:8
- Numbers 1:21
- Deuteronomy 1:15
- Joshua 7:21
- Judges 2:8
- 1 Samuel 11:8
- 2 Samuel 2:31
- 1 Kings 5:16
- 2 Kings 3:4
- 1 Chronicles 4:42
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