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 · אַמָּ֖הThis is how you shall make it. The length of the ship will be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.Genesis 6:16 · אַמָּה֙You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.Genesis 7:20 · אַמָּה֙The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.Exodus 25:10 · אַמָּתַ֨יִם · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּ֥ה“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 · וְאַמָּ֥הYou 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 · וְאַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֥ה“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 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּ֔הThe 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 · 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 · וְהָאַמָּ֤הThe 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 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 one and a half cubits the breadth of each board.Exodus 27:1 · אַמּ֨וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֖וֹת“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 · בָֽאַמָּה֙“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: 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 · אַמָּ֑הFor 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׃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 · אַמָּ֗הFor 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 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 · וְאַמָּ֤ה · וְאַמָּתַ֖יִםIts 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 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הThe 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 · 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 · וְאַמָּ֥הBezalel 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 · וְאַמָּ֥הHe 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 · וְאַמָּ֣ה · וְאַמָּ֥הHe 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 · וְאַמָּ֨ה · וְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙He 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 · אַמּ֖וֹתHe 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 · בָּאַמָּֽה׃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 · בָֽאַמָּ֔הFor 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 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הFor 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׃For the east side eastward fifty cubits.Exodus 38:14 · אַמָּ֖הThe hangings for the one side 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 · אַמּ֔וֹתThe 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 11:31 · וּכְאַמָּתַ֖יִםA wind from Yahweh went out 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, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.Numbers 35:4 · אַמָּ֖ה“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 around it.Numbers 35:5 · בָּֽאַמָּ֟ה · בָּאַמָּ֜ה · בָּֽאַמָּ֗ה · בָּאַמָּ֖הYou 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 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; isn’t it in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, 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. Don’t come near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go; for you have not passed this way before.”1 Samuel 17:4 · אַמּ֖וֹתThere 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 · אַמָּ֖הThe house which king Solomon built for Yahweh, its length was sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty, and its height thirty cubits.1 Kings 6:3 · אַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֛הThe porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was its length, according to the breadth of the house. Ten cubits was its breadth 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 all around, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house.1 Kings 6:10 · אַמּ֖וֹתHe 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 · אַמָּ֜הHe built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling: he built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place.1 Kings 6:17 · בָּאַמָּ֖הIn front of the temple sanctuary was forty cubits.1 Kings 6:20 · אַמָּ֨ה · אַמָּ֣ה · אַמָּה֙Within the oracle was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold: and he covered the altar with cedar.1 Kings 6:23 · אַמּ֖וֹתIn the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.1 Kings 6:24 · אַמּ֗וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹתFive 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 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הThe 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; its length was one hundred cubits, and its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars.1 Kings 7:6 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הHe made the porch of pillars; its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth thirty cubits; and a porch before them; and pillars and a threshold before them.1 Kings 7:10 · אַמּ֔וֹת · אַמּֽוֹת׃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 encircled either of them about.1 Kings 7:16 · אַמּ֗וֹת · אַמּ֔וֹתHe 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׃The capitals that were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits.1 Kings 7:23 · בָּ֠אַמָּה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הHe made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.1 Kings 7:24 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הUnder its brim around there were buds which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea: the buds were in two rows, cast when it was cast.1 Kings 7:27 · בָּאַמָּ֗ה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּאַמָּ֖הHe made the ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height.1 Kings 7:31 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · אַמָּ֖ה · הָֽאַמָּ֑הThe mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: and its mouth was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its mouth were engravings, and their panels were foursquare, not round.1 Kings 7:32 · אַמָּ֖ה · הָאַמָּֽה׃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 · הָאַמָּ֛הIn the top of the base was there a round compass half a cubit high; and on the top of the base its stays and its panels were of the same.1 Kings 7:38 · בָּֽאַמָּה֙He made ten basins of brass: one basin contained forty baths; and every basin was four cubits; and on every one of the ten bases one basin.2 Kings 14:13 · אַמָּֽה׃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 · אַמּוֹת֒The 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 around it, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with network.1 Chronicles 11:23 · בָּאַמָּ֗הHe killed 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 killed 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 sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.2 Chronicles 3:4 · אַמּ֣וֹתThe porch that was in front, its length, 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 · אַמּ֣וֹתHe made the most holy house: its length, according to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents.2 Chronicles 3:11 · אַמּ֣וֹת · לְאַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹתThe wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.2 Chronicles 3:12 · אַמּ֣וֹת · אַמּ֣וֹתThe wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits, 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-five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits.2 Chronicles 4:1 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖ה · אַמּ֖וֹתThen he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits its length, and twenty cubits its breadth, and ten cubits its height.2 Chronicles 4:2 · בָּֽ֠אַמָּה · בָּֽאַמָּה֙ · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הAlso he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and its height was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits encircled it.2 Chronicles 4:3 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔הUnder it was the likeness of oxen, which encircled it, for ten cubits, encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast when it was cast.2 Chronicles 6:13 · אַמּ֜וֹת · אַמּוֹת֙ · וְאַמּ֥וֹת(for Solomon had made a bronze 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׃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 3:13 · אַמָּה֙Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the valley gate. They built it, and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and one thousand cubits of the wall to the dung gate.Esther 5:14 · אַמָּה֒Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.Esther 7:9 · אַמָּ֑הThen Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”Isaiah 6:4 · אַמּ֣וֹתThe foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke.Jeremiah 51:13 · אַמַּ֥תYou who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.Jeremiah 52:21 · אַמָּה֙ · אַמָּ֖הAs for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.Jeremiah 52:22 · אַמּוֹת֒A capital of brass was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of brass: and the second pillar also had like these, and pomegranates.Zechariah 5:2 · בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה · בָּאַמָּֽה׃He said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits.”