אַמָּה
cubit
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
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
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
129 distinct verses where H520 appears in the Absolute state, across 15 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 6:15 אַמָּ֗ה אַמָּה֙ אַמָּ֖ה n c fs n c fs n c fs This is how you shall make it. The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
- Genesis 6:16 אַמָּה֙ n c fs You shall make a roof in the ark, and to a cubit shall you finish it upward. You shall set the door of the ark in the side of it. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
- Genesis 7:20 אַמָּה֙ n c fs The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
Exodus 30 verses
- Exodus 25:10 אַמָּתַ֨יִם וְ/אַמָּ֤ה וְ/אַמָּ֥ה n c fd conj + n c fs conj + n c fs "They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 25:17 אַמָּתַ֤יִם וְ/אַמָּ֥ה n c fd conj + n c fs You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
- Exodus 25:23 אַמָּתַ֤יִם וְ/אַמָּ֣ה וְ/אַמָּ֥ה n c fd conj + n c fs conj + n c fs "You shall make a table of acacia wood. Two cubits shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth, and one and a half cubits its height.
- Exodus 26:2 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה בָּ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:8 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה בָּ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: the eleven curtains shall have one measure.
- Exodus 26:13 וְ/הָ/אַמָּ֨ה וְ/הָ/אַמָּ֤ה conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs The cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tent on this side and on that side, to cover it.
- Exodus 26:16 אַמּ֖וֹת וְ/אַמָּה֙ הָֽ/אַמָּ֔ה n c fp conj + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and one and a half cubits the breadth of each board.
- Exodus 27:1 אַמּ֨וֹת אַמּ֣וֹת אַמּ֖וֹת n c fp n c fp n c fp "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be three cubits.
- Exodus 27:9 בָֽ/אַמָּה֙ prep det + n c fs "You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
- Exodus 27:12 אַמָּ֑ה n c fs For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
- Exodus 27:13 אַמָּֽה n c fs The breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
- Exodus 27:14 אַמָּ֛ה n c fs The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 27:16 אַמָּ֗ה n c fs For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
- Exodus 27:18 בָֽ/אַמָּ֜ה אַמּ֖וֹת prep det + n c fs n c fp The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
- Exodus 30:2 אַמָּ֨ה וְ/אַמָּ֤ה וְ/אַמָּתַ֖יִם n c fs conj + n c fs conj + n c fd Its length shall be a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. It shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits. Its horns shall be of one piece with it.
- Exodus 36:9 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits. All the curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:15 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה אַמּ֔וֹת prep det + n c fs n c fp The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain. The eleven curtains had one measure.
- Exodus 36:21 אַמֹּ֖ת וְ/אַמָּה֙ הָֽ/אַמָּ֔ה n c fp conj + n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.
- Exodus 37:1 אַמָּתַ֨יִם וְ/אַמָּ֤ה וְ/אַמָּ֥ה n c fd conj + n c fs conj + n c fs Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.
- Exodus 37:6 אַמָּתַ֤יִם וְ/אַמָּ֥ה n c fd conj + n c fs He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
- Exodus 37:10 אַמָּתַ֤יִם וְ/אַמָּ֣ה וְ/אַמָּ֥ה n c fd conj + n c fs conj + n c fs He made the table of acacia wood. Its length was two cubits, and its breadth was a cubit, and its height was a cubit and a half.
- Exodus 37:25 אַמָּ֣ה וְ/אַמָּ֨ה וְ/אַמָּתַ֨יִם֙ n c fs conj + n c fs conj + n c fd He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
- Exodus 38:1 אַמּ֨וֹת אַמּ֤וֹת אַמּ֖וֹת n c fp n c fp n c fp He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
- Exodus 38:9 בָּ/אַמָּֽה prep det + n c fs He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
- Exodus 38:11 בָֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs For the north side one hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 38:12 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
- Exodus 38:13 אַמָּֽה n c fs For the east side eastward fifty cubits.
- Exodus 38:14 אַמָּ֖ה n c fs The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
- Exodus 38:15 אַמָּ֑ה n c fs and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- Exodus 38:18 אַמָּה֙ אַמּ֔וֹת n c fs n c fp The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
Numbers 3 verses
- Numbers 11:31 וּ/כְ/אַמָּתַ֖יִם conj + prep + n c fd There went forth a wind from Yahweh, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
- Numbers 35:4 אַמָּ֖ה n c fs The suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward one thousand cubits round about.
- Numbers 35:5 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֟ה בָּ/אַמָּ֜ה בָּֽ/אַמָּ֗ה בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.
Deuteronomy 1 verse
Joshua 1 verse
1 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 24 verses
- 1 Kings 6:2 אַמָּ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה n c fs n c fs The house which king Solomon built for Yahweh, the length of it was sixty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty [cubits], and the height of it thirty cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:3 אַמָּה֙ בָּ/אַמָּ֛ה n c fs prep det + n c fs The porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length of it, according to the breadth of the house; [and] ten cubits was the breadth of it before the house.
- 1 Kings 6:6 בָּ/אַמָּ֣ה בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs The nethermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad; for on the outside he made offsets [in the wall] of the house round about, that [the beams] should not have hold in the walls of the house.
- 1 Kings 6:10 אַמּ֖וֹת n c fp He built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:16 אַמָּ֜ה n c fs He built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the walls [of the ceiling]: he built [them] for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.
- 1 Kings 6:17 בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה prep det + n c fs The house, that is, the temple before [the oracle], was forty cubits [long].
- 1 Kings 6:20 אַמָּ֨ה אַמָּ֣ה אַמָּה֙ n c fs n c fs n c fs Within the oracle was [a space of] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height of it; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.
- 1 Kings 6:23 אַמּ֖וֹת n c fp In the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.
- 1 Kings 6:24 אַמּ֗וֹת אַמּ֔וֹת אַמּ֔וֹת n c fp n c fp n c fp Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
- 1 Kings 6:25 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs The other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.
- 1 Kings 6:26 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֑ה prep det + n c fs The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
- 1 Kings 7:2 אַמָּ֤ה אַמָּה֙ אַמָּ֖ה n c fs n c fs n c fs For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length of it was one hundred cubits, and the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.
- 1 Kings 7:6 אַמָּה֙ אַמָּ֖ה n c fs n c fs He made the porch of pillars; the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.
- 1 Kings 7:10 אַמּ֔וֹת אַמּֽוֹת n c fp n c fp The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:15 אַמָּ֗ה אַמָּ֔ה n c fs n c fs For he fashioned the two pillars of brass, eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits compassed either of them about.
- 1 Kings 7:16 אַמּ֗וֹת אַמּ֔וֹת n c fp n c fp He made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:19 אַמּֽוֹת n c fp The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.
- 1 Kings 7:23 בָּ֠/אַמָּה בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs He made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
- 1 Kings 7:24 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs Under the brim of it round about there were buds which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 1 Kings 7:27 בָּ/אַמָּ֗ה בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ בָּ/אַמָּ֖ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs He made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and three cubits the height of it.
- 1 Kings 7:31 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה אַמָּ֖ה הָֽ/אַמָּ֑ה prep det + n c fs n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs The mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth of it was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on the mouth of it were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.
- 1 Kings 7:32 אַמָּ֖ה הָ/אַמָּֽה n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs The four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axles of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.
- 1 Kings 7:35 הָ/אַמָּ֛ה ptcl def.art + n c fs In the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays of it and the panels of it were of the same.
- 1 Kings 7:38 בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ prep det + n c fs He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on very one of the ten bases one basin.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 14:13 אַמָּֽה n c fs Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
- 2 Kings 25:17 אַמָּ֜ה אמה אַמּוֹת֒ n c fs n c fs n c fp The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was on it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.
1 Chronicles 1 verse
2 Chronicles 12 verses
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 אַמּ֞וֹת אַמּ֣וֹת אַמּ֥וֹת n c fp n c fp n c fp Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 אַמּ֣וֹת n c fp The porch that was before [the house], the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height one hundred twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 אַמּ֣וֹת אַמּ֣וֹת n c fp n c fp He made the most holy house: the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 אַמּ֣וֹת לְ/אַמּ֣וֹת אַמּ֣וֹת n c fp prep + n c fp n c fp The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 אַמּ֣וֹת אַמּ֣וֹת n c fp n c fp The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits [also], joining to the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 אַמּ֣וֹת n c fp The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 אַמּ֕וֹת אַמּ֥וֹת n c fp n c fp Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 אַמָּה֙ אַמָּ֖ה אַמּ֖וֹת n c fs n c fs n c fp Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 בָּֽ֠/אַמָּה בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs prep det + n c fs Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height of it was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs Under it was the likeness of oxen, which did compass it round about, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 אַמּ֜וֹת אַמּוֹת֙ וְ/אַמּ֥וֹת n c fp n c fp conj + n c fp (for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 אַמָּֽה n c fs Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Nehemiah 1 verse
Esther 2 verses
- Esther 5:14 אַמָּה֒ n c fs Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak you to the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go you in merrily with the king to the banquet. The thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
- Esther 7:9 אַמָּ֑ה n c fs Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains who were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. The king said, Hang him thereon.
Jeremiah 2 verses
- Jeremiah 52:21 אַמָּה֙ אַמָּ֖ה n c fs n c fs As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness of it was four fingers: it was hollow.
- Jeremiah 52:22 אַמּוֹת֒ n c fp A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.
Ezekiel 45 verses
- Ezekiel 40:5 אַמּ֤וֹת בָּֽ/אַמָּה֙ n c fp prep det + n c fs Behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:7 אַמּ֑וֹת n c fp Every lodge was one reed long, and one reed broad; and [the space] between the lodges was five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate toward the house was one reed.
- Ezekiel 40:9 אַמּ֔וֹת אַמּ֑וֹת n c fp n c fp Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts of it, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was toward the house.
- Ezekiel 40:11 אַמּ֑וֹת אַמּֽוֹת n c fp n c fp He measured the breadth of the opening of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits;
- Ezekiel 40:12 אַמָּ֣ה וְ/אַמָּה אַמּ֣וֹת אַמּ֖וֹת n c fs conj + n c fs n c fp n c fp and a border before the lodges, one cubit [on this side], and a border, one cubit on that side; and the lodges, six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:13 אַמּ֑וֹת n c fp He measured the gate from the roof of the one lodge to the roof of the other, a breadth of twenty-five cubits; door against door.
- Ezekiel 40:14 אַמָּ֑ה n c fs He made also posts, sixty cubits; and the court [reached] to the posts, round about the gate.
- Ezekiel 40:15 אַמָּֽה n c fs [From] the forefront of the gate at the entrance to the forefront of the inner porch of the gate were fifty cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:19 אַמָּ֑ה n c fs Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court outside, one hundred cubits, [both] on the east and on the north.
- Ezekiel 40:21 אַמָּה֙ בָּ/אַמָּֽה n c fs prep det + n c fs The lodges of it were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts of it and the arches of it were after the measure of the first gate: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:23 אַמָּֽה n c fs There was a gate to the inner court over against the [other] gate, [both] on the north and on the east; and he measured from gate to gate one hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:25 אַמָּה֙ אַמָּֽה n c fs n c fs There were windows in it and in the arches of it round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:27 אַמּֽוֹת n c fp There was a gate to the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:29 אַמָּה֙ אַמּֽוֹת n c fs n c fp and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
- Ezekiel 40:30 אַמָּ֔ה אַמּֽוֹת n c fs n c fp There were arches round about, twenty-five cubits long, and five cubits broad.
- Ezekiel 40:33 אַמָּ֔ה אַמָּֽה n c fs n c fs and the lodges of it, and the posts of it, and the arches of it, according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches of it round about; it was fifty cubits long, and twenty-five cubits broad.
- Ezekiel 40:36 אַמָּ֔ה אַמָּֽה n c fs n c fs the lodges of it, the posts of it, and the arches of it: and there were windows therein round about; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:42 אַמָּ֨ה אַמָּ֤ה אַמָּ֣ה n c fs n c fs n c fs There were four tables for the burnt offering, of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, and a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high; whereupon they laid the instruments with which they killed the burnt offering and the sacrifice.
- Ezekiel 40:47 אַמָּ֗ה אַמָּ֖ה n c fs n c fs He measured the court, one hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.
- Ezekiel 40:48 אַמּוֹת֙ אַמּ֖וֹת אַמּוֹת֙ אַמּ֖וֹת n c fp n c fp n c fp n c fp Then he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.
- Ezekiel 40:49 אַמָּ֗ה אַמָּ֔ה n c fs n c fs The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; even by the steps by which they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
- Ezekiel 41:1 אַמּ֨וֹת אַמּֽוֹת n c fp n c fp He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tent.
- Ezekiel 41:2 אַמּוֹת֒ אַמּוֹת֙ אַמּ֖וֹת אַמָּ֔ה אַמָּֽה n c fp n c fp n c fp n c fs n c fs The breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:3 אַמּ֑וֹת אַמּ֔וֹת אַמּֽוֹת n c fp n c fp n c fp Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:4 אַמָּ֗ה אַמָּ֖ה n c fs n c fs He measured the length of it, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.
- Ezekiel 41:5 אַמּ֑וֹת אַמּ֜וֹת n c fp n c fp Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side-chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
- Ezekiel 41:8 אַמּ֖וֹת n c fp I saw also that the house had a raised base round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:9 אַמּ֑וֹת n c fp The thickness of the wall, which was for the side-chambers, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side-chambers that belonged to the house.
- Ezekiel 41:10 אַמָּ֛ה n c fs Between the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
- Ezekiel 41:11 אַמּ֖וֹת n c fp The doors of the side-chambers were toward [the place] that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
- Ezekiel 41:12 אַמָּ֔ה אַמּ֥וֹת אַמָּֽה n c fs n c fp n c fs The building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length of it ninety cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:13 אַמָּ֑ה אַמָּֽה n c fs n c fs So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls of it, one hundred cubits long;
- Ezekiel 41:14 אַמָּֽה n c fs also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, one hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 41:15 אַמָּ֑ה n c fs He measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back of it, and the galleries of it on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
- Ezekiel 41:22 אַמּ֨וֹת אַמּ֗וֹת n c fp n c fp The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length of it two cubits; and the corners of it, and the length of it, and the walls of it, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 42:2 אַמּ֣וֹת אַמּֽוֹת n c fp cs n c fp Before the length of one hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
- Ezekiel 42:4 אַמּ֥וֹת אַמָּ֣ה n c fp n c fs Before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits' breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors were toward the north.
- Ezekiel 42:7 אַמָּֽה n c fs The wall that was outside by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, the length of it was fifty cubits.
- Ezekiel 42:8 אַמָּ֑ה אַמָּֽה n c fs n c fs For the length of the chambers that were in the outer court was fifty cubits: and, behold, before the temple were one hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 43:13 בָּֽ/אַמּ֔וֹת אַמָּ֥ה אַמָּ֖ה הָ/אַמָּ֜ה וְ/אַמָּה prep det + n c fp n c fs n c fs ptcl def.art + n c fs conj + n c fs These are the measures of the altar by cubits (the cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth): the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border of it by the edge of it round about a span; and this shall be the base of the altar.
- Ezekiel 43:14 אַמּ֔וֹת אַמָּ֣ה אַמּ֔וֹת הָ/אַמָּֽה n c fp n c fs n c fp ptcl def.art + n c fs From the bottom on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth a cubit.
- Ezekiel 43:15 אַמּ֑וֹת n c fp The upper altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth and upward there shall be four horns.
- Ezekiel 43:17 הָ/אַמָּ֗ה אַמָּה֙ ptcl def.art + n c fs n c fs The ledge shall be fourteen [cubits] long by fourteen broad in the four sides of it; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps of it shall look toward the east.
- Ezekiel 45:2 אַמָּ֔ה n c fs Of this there shall be for the holy place five hundred [in length] by five hundred [in breadth], square round about; and fifty cubits for the suburbs of it round about.
- Ezekiel 47:3 בָּֽ/אַמָּ֔ה prep det + n c fs When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
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אמה (ʼammâh) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “cubit.” Scripture first uses it in Genesis 6:15. It turns up in 132 verses across 16 books, a common footprint. It concentrates in Ezekiel, which alone accounts for 35% of its uses. It clusters with אם, אמה and אמה under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H520 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 →
- 132
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 132 distinct verses.
- 16 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 16 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #194
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 194 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 132 occurrences in the concordance →
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 132 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 79 verses · 60%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 37 verses · 28%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 16 verses · 12%
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 4 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†: Cubits 190×, Cubit 23×, Thereof and a cubit 8×
- American Standard Version†: Cubits 175×, Cubit 20×, Thereof 10×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Cubits 174×, Cubit 30×, Cubits long 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Cubits 153×, Cubit 38×, And 23×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H520 across 244† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 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 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H520 across 244† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 18 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 H520 across 230† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 9 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 16 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H520 across 267† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 20 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
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 2 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.
אמה I only mother-city, metropolis (cf. אֵם 2 S 20
אמה II ell, cubit (SI אמה
- 1. cubit, so אַמַּת־אִישׁ i.e. ordinary cubit, Dt 3:11 (cf. Is 8:1); in Ez 40:5; 43:13 is a cubit one hand-breadth longer, cf. 2 Ch 3:3 א׳ בַּמִּדָּה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה; absol. length dub., cf. SmithDict. Bib., art. Weights and Measures; LepsiusLängenmaasse der Alten, SBAk 1883, 1195 f. identif. with Egyptian, longer cubit.525 m., shorter.450 m.; v. also Id.Bab.-Assyrian Längenmaasse 1877; MBAk 1877, 741 OppertGGA 1878, 1055; Rev. d’Assyrian i. 124 (also on the Bab. ‘half-cubit’ =.270 m. HptAJPh 1888, 419 HomSemiten i. 501); on א׳ אַצִּילָה Ez 41:8 cf. Sm & Co (Co del.); חֲמֵשׁ אמות קָנִים Ez 42:16 Kt, read מֵאוֹת so Qr Co; chiefly in Ex 25–27. 36–38 (56 times) 1 K 6.7 (45 times) 2 Ch 3.4 (21 times) Ez 40–43 (86 times); a (one) cubit = אַמָּה Gn 6:16 Ex 25:10, 23 +; הָאַמָּה Ez 43:14; א׳ אַחַת Ez 40:12(×2), 42(×3); 42:4; 43:14; two cubits = אַמָּתַיִם Ex 25:10, 17, 23; 30:2; 37:1, 6, 10, 25 Nu 11:31; שְׁתַּיִם אַמּוֹת Ez 40:9; 41:3, 22; 43:14; c. num. 1–10 א׳ mostly pl. after num. Ex 26:16; 27:1(×3) 1 K 6:10 Je 52:22 Ez 40:5, 7, 9 +; c. num. 11–1000 +, it mostly foll. num. in sing. Gn 6:15(×3) Ex 27:12, 13; 38:13, 14, 15 Nu 35:4 Jos 3:4 1 K 6:2(×2), 3; 7:15(×2) Je 52:21 Ez 40:49(×2) +; seld. foll. in pl. Ez 40:11 (del. Co) v 27 (Co sg.) 42:2; so also עֶשְׂרִים וְחָמֵשׁ אַמּוֹת Ez 40:13, 29 but חָמֵשׁ וְעֶשְׂרִים אֵמָּה Ez 40:25, 30, 33, 36; (late) also in pl. precedes all num. 2 Ch 3:3(×2), 4, 8(×2) +; 6:13 Ez 42:2; also often בָּאַמָּה foll. all num. Ex 26:2(×2), 8(×2); 27:9, 18; 36:9(×2), 15 Nu 35:5(×4) 1 K 6:6(×3); 7:23(×3) 2 Ch 4:2(×3) Ez 40:21; 47:3 Zc 5:2(×2) +, cf. לְאַמּוֹת חָמֵשׁ 2 Ch 3:11; often א׳ וָחֵצִי Ex 25:10(×3), 17(×2) +, also א׳ וַחֲצִי הָא׳ Ex 26:16; 36:21 1 K 7:31, 32, 35 etc.; cf. שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֹת וָזָ֑רֶת 1 S 17:4; sq. בַּמִּדָּה in measurement Jos 3:4 2 Ch 3:3. e.g. Deuteronomy 3:11
- 2. †measure, full measure, limit, only אַמַּת בִּצְעֵךְ the measure of thy gain-making Je 51:13 (‖ קִצֵּךְ). e.g. Jeremiah 51:13
אמה III (etym. & meaning dub.
אמה IV loc. hill near Gibeon, גִּבְעַת־אַמָּה 2 S 2
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
II. n.f. only mother-city, metropolis (cf. אֵם 2 S 20:19 & Ph.); in phrase מֶתֶג הָאַמָּה authority of mother-city 2 S 8:1; v. מֶתֶג; cf. Dr.
III. n.f. ell, cubit (SI אמה; so Sab. DHMZMG 1865, 613; Aramaic ܐܰܡܳܐ, אַמָּא; Assyrian ammatu Nor280; Ethiopic እመት etym. dub.; Thes al. mater brachii, i.e. length of fore-arm; others from √ ii. אמם, أَمَّ precede, be in front, & hence fore-arm cf. Di Is 6:4; DlPr 109 MV der. immediately from √ אמם be wide (v. supr.), אַמָּה = distance, & hence a particular distance, ell, cubit)—א׳ abs. Gn 6:15 +; cstr. אַמַּת Dt 3:11 Je 51:13; du. אַמָּתַיִם Ex 25:10 +; pl. אַמּוֹת Ex 26:16 +;—
IV. n.f. (etym. & meaning dub.; Thes foundation (cf. Talm. AW), from אֵם in metaph. sense, cf. MV; De on Is 6:4 der. similarly, but makes support of superliminaria (cf. 𝔊 𝔖 𝔙); Ew Di from √ ii. אמם = أَمَّ precede, whence إِمَامٌ front; DlPr 110 tr. holder from √ אמם be wide, hence contain, hold) only אַמּוֹת הַסִּפִּים Is 6:4.
V. n.pr.loc. hill near Gibeon, גִּבְעַת־אַמָּה 2 S 2:24.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from אם (ʼêm) (H517) — mother.
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.
אַמָּה
- , v. אֵם)
- 1. fore-arm, arm. Sot. 12ᵇ; Ex. R. s. 1 אמתה חד אמר ידה the word אמתה (Ex. II, 5)—one says it means אַמָּתָהּ, her arm, the other says it means אֲמָתָהּ, her maid-servant (v. אָמָה).—Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) א׳ דבצלי׳ an arm (direction-post) &c.; v. בְּצַל; Koh. R. to XII, 7 אם.—אַמַּת (בית) השחי the arm up to the axilla, arm-pit, name of an opening in a Temple door; v. however, infra. 4).—2) cubit, a measure equal to the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle-finger. Keth. 5ᵇ; Men. 11ᵃ זו א׳ this one (the middle-finger) is used for defining the cubit measure. Kel. XVII, 10 אַמַּת הבנין וכ׳ the standard cubit of the Temple proportions was six, that of the vessels five hand-breadths. Sabb. 31ᵃ א׳ הבנין the builder’s cubit (instrument).—א׳ על א׳ square-cubit. Yoma 31ᵃ; a. e.—Zeb. 62ᵇ (גרומה) א׳ גדומה; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᶜ bot. גמודה a reduced cubit; v. גָּדַם; also called א׳ בת ששה עצבות a cubit of six hand-breadths pressed together (sorrowing), opp. to א׳ (בת ששה) שוחקות a cubit of six wide-spread (laughing) hand-breadths. Erub. 3ᵇ. Y. Shek. VI, end, 50ᵇ.—Gen. R. s. 31 (א׳) תביקין Theban (Egypt.) cubit(?). B. Bath. 99ᵇ אמה בית השלחין land for digging a dyke of one cubit’s width; א׳ בית הקילון (Var. קלון, סילון) land for a creek or pond for watering cattle and washing clothes, of one cubit’s width. e.g. Exodus 2:5
- 3. (= אצבע) membrum virile. Sabb. 108ᵇ. Nidd. 13ᵃ sq. B. Kam. 19ᵇ
- 4. prop. river-arm, hence canal, dyke, sewer. Peah II, 2 אַמַּת המים.—Yoma V, 6 אלו ואלו מתערבין בא׳ the blood of both was mixed in the sewer; Tam. III, 6; B. Mets. 33ᵃ; Y. Hor. III, 48ᵇ top אמת (בית) השחי a sewer in the Temple called the duct of the arm-pit (from its shape; v. Grætz Monatsschr. 1880, p. 289; [emendation שית unnecessary]; v. supra.—Pl. אַמֹּות cubits. Kel. XVII, 10; a. fr.
אָמָה
- v. אֵם; cmp. preced.) hand-maid. Sot. 12ᵇ, v. preced.; a. e.—Pl. אֲמָהוֹת. Y. Snh. II, 20ᵇ bot.; v. אֵם; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 72 distinct written forms H520 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 12 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H520, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 6 — not the complete family. 2 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 128 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 132 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 6:15
- Exodus 25:10
- Numbers 11:31
- Deuteronomy 3:11
- Joshua 3:4
- 1 Samuel 17:4
- 1 Kings 6:2
- 2 Kings 14:13
- 1 Chronicles 11:23
- 2 Chronicles 3:3
- Esther 7:9
- Isaiah 6:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
