ʼammâh — H521

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 (. 5 m)

Usually translated as

cubit

Origin

(Aramaic) corresponding to H520

• ʼammâh (H520)

Occurrences

ʼammâh occurs 4 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Daniel (1)

• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits (אַמִּ֣ין), and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
• Ezra 6:3 — In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits (אַמִּ֥ין);
• Daniel 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits (אַמִּ֣ין), and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
• Daniel 3:1 — Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits (אַמִּ֣ין): he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.