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אַמָּה

ʼammâh · am-maw'Hebrew · H520

Derivation

prolonged from H517 (אֵם);

Meaning

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)

In the King James Version

cubit, [phrase] hundred (by exchange for H3967 (מֵאָה)), measure, post.

Translated as

cubits (177), cubit (41), posts (1), measure (1)

Where it appears

Found in 123 verses

Genesis
6:15, 6:16, 7:20
Numbers
11:31, 35:4, 35:5
Deuteronomy
3:11
Joshua
3:4
1 Samuel
17:4
1 Kings
6:2, 6:3, 6:6, 6:10, 6:16, 6:17, 6:20, 6:23, 6:24, 6:25, 6:26, 7:2, 7:6, 7:10, 7:15, 7:16, 7:19, 7:23, 7:24, 7:27 + 4 more
2 Kings
14:13, 25:17
1 Chronicles
11:23
2 Chronicles
3:3, 3:4, 3:8, 3:11, 3:12, 3:13, 3:15, 4:1, 4:2, 4:3, 6:13, 25:23
Nehemiah
3:13
Esther
5:14, 7:9
Isaiah
6:4
Jeremiah
51:13, 52:21, 52:22
Zechariah
5:2

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