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)
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H520 — אַמָּה
am.mah · cubit · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 6:15 · אַמָּ֗ה · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הAnd this is how thou shalt make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.Genesis 6:16 · אַמָּה֙A light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it upward; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.Genesis 7:20 · אַמָּה֙Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.Exodus 25:10 · אַמָּתַ֨יִם · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Exodus 25:17 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.Exodus 25:23 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd thou shalt make a table of acacia wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Exodus 26:2 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּ֔הThe length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains shall have one measure.Exodus 26:8 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּ֔הThe 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 · וְהָאַמָּ֨ה · וְהָאַמָּ֤הAnd the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it.Exodus 26:16 · אַמּ֖וֹת · וְאַמָּה֙ · הָֽאַמָּ֔הTen cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.Exodus 27:1 · אַמּ֨וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.Exodus 27:9 · בָֽאַמָּה֙And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side:Exodus 27:12 · אַמָּ֑הAnd 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׃And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.Exodus 27:14 · אַמָּ֛הThe hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.Exodus 27:16 · אַמָּ֗הAnd 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 · בָֽאַמָּ֜ה · אַמּ֖וֹתThe length of the court shall be a 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 · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּתַ֖יִםA cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be; and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it.Exodus 36:9 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הThe length of each curtain was eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits: all the curtains had one measure.Exodus 36:15 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · אַמּ֔וֹתThe length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain: the eleven curtains had one measure.Exodus 36:21 · אַמֹּ֖ות · וְאַמָּה֙ · הָֽאַמָּ֔הTen cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board.Exodus 37:1 · אַמָּתַ֨יִם · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it.Exodus 37:6 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.Exodus 37:10 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd he made the table of acacia wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadeth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Exodus 37:25 · אַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֨ה · וְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare; and two cubits was the height thereof; the horns thereof were of one piece with it.Exodus 38:1 · אַמּ֨וֹת · אַמּ֤וֹת · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.Exodus 38:9 · בָּאַמָּֽה׃And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;Exodus 38:11 · בָֽאַמָּ֔הAnd for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.Exodus 38:12 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd 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׃And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.Exodus 38:14 · אַמָּ֖הThe hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;Exodus 38:15 · אַמָּ֑הand 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 · אַמּ֔וֹתAnd the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.Numbers 11:31 · וּכְאַמָּתַ֖יִםAnd there went forth a wind from Jehovah, 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 face of the earth.Numbers 35:4 · אַמָּ֖הAnd the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.Numbers 35:5 · בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה · בָּאַמָּ֜ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֗ה · בָּאַמָּ֖הAnd ye shall measure without 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 3:11 · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֛וֹת · בְּאַמַּת־(For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the Rephaim; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.)Joshua 3:4 · אַמָּ֖הYet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.1 Samuel 17:4 · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.1 Kings 6:2 · אַמָּ֥ה · אַמָּ֖הAnd the house which king Solomon built for Jehovah, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.1 Kings 6:3 · אַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֛הAnd the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.1 Kings 6:6 · בָּאַמָּ֣ה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֖הThe 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 · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd 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 · אַמָּ֜הAnd he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the walls of the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.1 Kings 6:17 · בָּאַמָּ֖הAnd the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.1 Kings 6:20 · אַמָּ֨ה · אַמָּ֣ה · אַמָּה֙And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.1 Kings 6:23 · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.1 Kings 6:24 · אַמּ֗וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹתAnd 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 unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.1 Kings 6:25 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one form.1 Kings 6:26 · בָּֽאַמָּ֑הThe height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.1 Kings 7:2 · אַמָּ֤ה · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הFor he built the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.1 Kings 7:6 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הAnd he made the porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.1 Kings 7:10 · אַמּ֔וֹת · אַמּֽוֹת׃And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.1 Kings 7:15 · אַמָּ֗ה · אַמָּ֔הFor 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 · אַמּ֔וֹתAnd he made two capitals of molten brass, to set upon 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׃And the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily-work, four cubits.1 Kings 7:23 · בָּ֠אַמָּה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.1 Kings 7:24 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about: the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast.1 Kings 7:27 · בָּאַמָּ֗ה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֖הAnd he made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it.1 Kings 7:31 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · אַמָּ֖ה · הָֽאַמָּ֑הAnd the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.1 Kings 7:32 · אַמָּ֖ה · הָאַמָּֽה׃And the four wheels were underneath the panels; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit.1 Kings 7:35 · הָאַמָּ֛הAnd in the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base the stays thereof and the panels thereof were of the same.1 Kings 7:38 · בָּֽאַמָּה֙And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon very one of the ten bases one laver.2 Kings 14:13 · אַמָּֽה׃And 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.2 Kings 25:17 · אַמָּ֜ה · אַמּוֹת֒The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with network.1 Chronicles 11:23 · בָּאַמָּ֗הAnd he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.2 Chronicles 3:3 · אַמּ֞וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֥וֹתNow these are the foundations which Solomon laid for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.2 Chronicles 3:4 · אַמּ֣וֹתAnd the porch that was before the house, the length of it, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the height a hundred and twenty; and he overlaid it within with pure gold.2 Chronicles 3:8 · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹתAnd he made the most holy house: the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.2 Chronicles 3:11 · אַמּ֣וֹת · לְאַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹתAnd 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 · אַמּ֣וֹתAnd 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 · אַמּ֣וֹתThe 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 · אַמּ֥וֹתAlso he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.2 Chronicles 4:1 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖ה · אַמּ֖וֹתMoreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof.2 Chronicles 4:2 · בָּֽ֠אַמָּה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAlso he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.2 Chronicles 4:3 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd 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 · וְאַמּ֥וֹת(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 upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven);2 Chronicles 25:23 · אַמָּֽה׃And 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 brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.Nehemiah 3:13 · אַמָּה֙The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate.Esther 5:14 · אַמָּה֒Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.Esther 7:9 · אַמָּ֑הThen said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.Isaiah 6:4 · אַמּ֣וֹתAnd the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.Jeremiah 51:13 · אַמַּ֥תO thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy covetousness.Jeremiah 52:21 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הAnd 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 thereof was four fingers: it was hollow.Jeremiah 52:22 · אַמּוֹת֒And a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like unto these, and pomegranates.Zechariah 5:2 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּֽה׃And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.