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 the fashion] which thou shalt make it [of]: The length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.Genesis 6:16 · אַמָּה֙A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; 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] shittim 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 · וְאַמָּ֥הThou shalt also make a table [of] shittim 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 one curtain [shall be] eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.Exodus 26:8 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּ֔הThe length of one curtain [shall be] thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains [shall be all] of one measure.Exodus 26:13 · וְהָאַמָּ֨ה · וְהָאַמָּ֤הAnd a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it 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 [shall be] the breadth of one board.Exodus 27:1 · אַמּ֨וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd thou shalt make an altar [of] shittim 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 of an 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 of 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] an hanging of twenty cubits, [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: [and] their pillars [shall be] four, and their sockets four.Exodus 27:18 · בָֽאַמָּ֜ה · אַמּ֖וֹתThe length of the court [shall be] an 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 the same.Exodus 36:9 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הThe length of one curtain [was] twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains [were] all of one size.Exodus 36:15 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · אַמּ֔וֹתThe length of one curtain [was] thirty cubits, and four cubits [was] the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains [were] of one size.Exodus 36:21 · אַמֹּ֖ות · וְאַמָּה֙ · הָֽאַמָּ֔הThe length of a board [was] ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.Exodus 37:1 · אַמָּתַ֨יִם · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd Bezaleel made the ark [of] shittim 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 the mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.Exodus 37:10 · אַמָּתַ֤יִם · וְאַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֥הAnd he made the table [of] shittim wood: two cubits [was] the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:Exodus 37:25 · אַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֨ה · וְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙And he made the incense altar [of] shittim wood: the length of it [was] a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; [it was] foursquare; and two cubits [was] the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.Exodus 38:1 · אַמּ֨וֹת · אַמּ֤וֹת · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd he made the altar of burnt offering [of] shittim wood: five cubits [was] the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; [it was] foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.Exodus 38:9 · בָּאַמָּֽה׃And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court [were of] fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:Exodus 38:11 · בָֽאַמָּ֔הAnd for the north side [the hangings were] an hundred cubits, their pillars [were] twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; 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 of the one side [of the gate were] fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.Exodus 38:15 · אַמָּ֑הAnd for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, [were] hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.Exodus 38:18 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמּ֔וֹתAnd the hanging for the gate of the court [was] needlework, [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 the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let [them] fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits [high] upon the face of the earth.Numbers 35:4 · אַמָּ֖הAnd the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, [shall reach] from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.Numbers 35:5 · בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה · בָּאַמָּ֜ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֗ה · בָּאַמָּ֖הAnd ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city [shall be] 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 giants; behold, his bedstead [was] a bedstead of iron; [is] it not in Rabbath 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 the LORD, 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 chamber [was] five cubits broad, and the middle [was] six cubits broad, and the third [was] seven cubits broad: for without [in the wall] of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that [the beams] should not be fastened in the walls of the house.1 Kings 6:10 · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd [then] he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.1 Kings 6:16 · אַמָּ֜הAnd he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built [them] for it within, [even] for the oracle, [even] for the most holy [place].1 Kings 6:17 · בָּאַמָּ֖הAnd the house, that [is], the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].1 Kings 6:20 · אַמָּ֨ה · אַמָּ֣ה · אַמָּה֙And the oracle in the forepart [was] twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and [so] covered the altar [which was of] cedar.1 Kings 6:23 · אַמּ֖וֹתAnd within the oracle he made two cherubims [of] olive tree, [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 cherubims [were] of one measure and one size.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 · אַמָּ֖הHe built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof [was] an 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 a porch of pillars; the length thereof [was] fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch [was] before them: and the [other] pillars and the thick beam [were] 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 cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.1 Kings 7:16 · אַמּ֗וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹתAnd he made two chapiters [of] molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter [was] five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter [was] five cubits:1 Kings 7:19 · אַמּֽוֹת׃And the chapiters that [were] upon the top of the pillars [were] of lily work in the porch, four cubits.1 Kings 7:23 · בָּ֠אַמָּה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: [it was] round all about, and his height [was] five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.1 Kings 7:24 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd under the brim of it round about [there were] knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops [were] cast in two rows, when it was cast.1 Kings 7:27 · בָּאַמָּ֗ה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֖הAnd he made 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 chapiter and above [was] a cubit: but the mouth thereof [was] round [after] the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it [were] gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round.1 Kings 7:32 · אַמָּ֖ה · הָאַמָּֽה׃And under the borders [were] four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels [were joined] to 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 of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof [were] of the same.1 Kings 7:38 · בָּֽאַמָּה֙Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: [and] every laver was four cubits: [and] upon every 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 Bethshemesh, 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 the chapiter upon it [was] brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathen work.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 things wherein] Solomon was instructed 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] in the front [of the house], the length [of it was] according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height [was] an 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 whereof [was] according to the breadth of the house, 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 cherubims [were] twenty cubits long: one 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 [one] 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 cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.2 Chronicles 3:15 · אַמּ֕וֹת · אַמּ֥וֹתAlso he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter 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 a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.2 Chronicles 4:3 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAnd under it [was] the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen [were] cast, when it was cast.2 Chronicles 6:13 · אַמּ֜וֹת · אַמּוֹת֙ · וְאַמּ֥וֹתFor Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of 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 congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,2 Chronicles 25:23 · אַמָּֽה׃And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to 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 locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on 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 of fifty cubits high, and to morrow 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 · אַמָּ֑הAnd Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.Isaiah 6:4 · אַמּ֣וֹתAnd the posts of the door moved 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, [and] the measure of thy covetousness.Jeremiah 52:21 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הAnd [concerning] the pillars, the height of one pillar [was] eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof [was] four fingers: [it was] hollow.Jeremiah 52:22 · אַמּוֹת֒And a chapiter of brass [was] upon it; and the height of one chapiter [was] five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all [of] brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates [were] like unto these.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.