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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am.mah · cubit · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 6:15 · אַמָּ֗ה · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הAnd this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.Genesis 6:16 · אַמָּה֙You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.Genesis 7:20 · אַמָּה֙The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.Exodus 25:10 · אַמָּתַ֨יִם · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.Exodus 25:17 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.Exodus 25:23 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֥הYou are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.Exodus 26:2 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּ֔הEach curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.Exodus 26:8 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּ֔הEach of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.Exodus 26:13 · וְהָאַמָּ֨ה · וְהָאַמָּ֤הAnd the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.Exodus 26:16 · אַמּ֖וֹת · וְאַמָּה֙ · הָֽאַמָּ֔הEach frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.Exodus 27:1 · אַמּ֨וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֖וֹת“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.Exodus 27:9 · בָֽאַמָּה֙You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,Exodus 27:12 · אַמָּ֑הThe curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.Exodus 27:13 · אַמָּֽה׃The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.Exodus 27:14 · אַמָּ֛הMake the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,Exodus 27:16 · אַמָּ֗הThe gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.Exodus 27:18 · בָֽאַמָּ֜ה · אַמּ֖וֹתThe entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.Exodus 30:2 · אַמָּ֨ה · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּתַ֖יִםIt is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.Exodus 36:9 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הEach curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.Exodus 36:15 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · אַמּ֔וֹתEach of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.Exodus 36:21 · אַמֹּ֖ות · וְאַמָּה֙ · הָֽאַמָּ֔הEach frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.Exodus 37:1 · אַמָּתַ֨יִם · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּ֥הBezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.Exodus 37:6 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֥הHe constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.Exodus 37:10 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֥הHe also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.Exodus 37:25 · אַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֨ה · וְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.Exodus 38:1 · אַמּ֨וֹת · אַמּ֤וֹת · אַמּ֖וֹתBezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.Exodus 38:9 · בָּאַמָּֽה׃Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,Exodus 38:11 · בָֽאַמָּ֔הThe north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.Exodus 38:12 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הThe west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.Exodus 38:13 · אַמָּֽה׃And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.Exodus 38:14 · אַמָּ֖הThe curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.Exodus 38:15 · אַמָּ֑הAnd the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.Exodus 38:18 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמּ֔וֹתThe curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,Numbers 11:31 · וּכְאַמָּתַ֖יִםNow a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.Numbers 35:4 · אַמָּ֖הThe pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.Numbers 35:5 · בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה · בָּאַמָּ֜ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֗ה · בָּאַמָּ֖הYou are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.Deuteronomy 3:11 · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֛וֹת · בְּאַמַּת־(For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)Joshua 3:4 · אַמָּ֖הBut keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”1 Samuel 17:4 · אַמּ֖וֹתThen a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,1 Kings 6:2 · אַמָּ֥ה · אַמָּ֖הThe house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.1 Kings 6:3 · אַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֛הThe portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.1 Kings 6:6 · בָּאַמָּ֣ה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֖הThe bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.1 Kings 6:10 · אַמּ֖וֹתHe built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.1 Kings 6:16 · אַמָּ֜הHe partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.1 Kings 6:17 · בָּאַמָּ֖הAnd the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.1 Kings 6:20 · אַמָּ֨ה · אַמָּ֣ה · אַמָּה֙The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.1 Kings 6:23 · אַמּ֖וֹתIn the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.1 Kings 6:24 · אַמּ֗וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹתOne wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.1 Kings 6:25 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הThe second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,1 Kings 6:26 · בָּֽאַמָּ֑הand the height of each cherub was ten cubits.1 Kings 7:2 · אַמָּ֤ה · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הHe built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.1 Kings 7:6 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הSolomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.1 Kings 7:10 · אַמּ֔וֹת · אַמּֽוֹת׃The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.1 Kings 7:15 · אַמָּ֗ה · אַמָּ֔הHe cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.1 Kings 7:16 · אַמּ֗וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹתHe also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.1 Kings 7:19 · אַמּֽוֹת׃And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.1 Kings 7:23 · בָּ֠אַמָּה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הHe also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.1 Kings 7:24 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הBelow the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.1 Kings 7:27 · בָּאַמָּ֗ה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֖הIn addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.1 Kings 7:31 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · אַמָּ֖ה · הָֽאַמָּ֑הThe opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.1 Kings 7:32 · אַמָּ֖ה · הָאַמָּֽה׃There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.1 Kings 7:35 · הָאַמָּ֛הAt the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.1 Kings 7:38 · בָּֽאַמָּה֙He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.2 Kings 14:13 · אַמָּֽה׃There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.2 Kings 25:17 · אַמָּ֜ה · אַמּוֹת֒Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.1 Chronicles 11:23 · בָּאַמָּ֗הHe also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.2 Chronicles 3:3 · אַמּ֞וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֥וֹתThe foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.2 Chronicles 3:4 · אַמּ֣וֹתThe portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.2 Chronicles 3:8 · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹתThen he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.2 Chronicles 3:11 · אַמּ֣וֹת · לְאַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹתThe total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.2 Chronicles 3:12 · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹתThe wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.2 Chronicles 3:13 · אַמּ֣וֹתSo the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.2 Chronicles 3:15 · אַמּ֕וֹת · אַמּ֥וֹתIn front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.2 Chronicles 4:1 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖ה · אַמּ֖וֹתHe made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.2 Chronicles 4:2 · בָּֽ֠אַמָּה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הHe also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.2 Chronicles 4:3 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הBelow the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.2 Chronicles 6:13 · אַמּ֜וֹת · אַמּוֹת֙ · וְאַמּ֥וֹתNow Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,2 Chronicles 25:23 · אַמָּֽה׃There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.Nehemiah 3:13 · אַמָּה֙The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.Esther 5:14 · אַמָּה֒His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.Esther 7:9 · אַמָּ֑הThen Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.Isaiah 6:4 · אַמּ֣וֹתAt the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.Jeremiah 51:13 · אַמַּ֥תYou who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.Jeremiah 52:21 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הEach pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.Jeremiah 52:22 · אַמּוֹת֒The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.Zechariah 5:2 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּֽה׃“What do you see?” asked the angel. “I see a flying scroll,” I replied, “twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”