ʼammâh — H520

H520 · Hebrew — אמה

Pronunciation: am-maw'

Definition

feminine noun

properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)

  1. 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.

Usually translated as

cubit, measure, hundred, post

Origin

prolonged from H517

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼammâh occurs 245 times in 131 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Exodus (30), Numbers (3), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (1), 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (24), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (12), Nehemiah (1), Esther (2), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3), Ezekiel (45), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A