Mêʼâh — H3968

Definition

feminine noun

Meah, a tower in Jerusalem

1. Meah = "hundred"
2. a tower on the north rampart of Jerusalem in the wall of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Meah

Origin

the same as H3967

• Same as Mêʼâh (H3967)

Occurrences

Mêʼâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Nehemiah (2)

• Nehemiah 3:1 — Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah (הַמֵּאָה֙) they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
• Nehemiah 12:39 — And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah (הַמֵּאָ֔ה), even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate.