Mêʼâh — H3967

H3967 · Hebrew — מאה

Pronunciation: may-aw'

Other spellings: mêʼyâh מֵאיָה

Definition

feminine noun

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

  1. hundred
    1. as simple number
    2. as part of larger number
    3. as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100)

Usually translated as

hundred, hundredth, hundredfold, sixscore

Origin

or mêʼyâh; properly, a primitive numeral

Occurrences

Mêʼâh occurs 462 times in 412 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (45), Exodus (16), Leviticus (1), Numbers (74), Deuteronomy (2), Joshua (2), Judges (28), 1 Samuel (17), 2 Samuel (14), 1 Kings (19), 2 Kings (10), 1 Chronicles (34), 2 Chronicles (44), Ezra (39), Nehemiah (36), Esther (4), Job (1), Proverbs (1), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (18), Daniel (3)

Strong's Lexicon — M