אַמָּה

am.mah

Hebrew H0520 Noun, feminine 248 occurrences in 132 verses
אַמָּה cubit

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.

Aramaic equivalent: am.mah (אַמָּה "cubit" H0521)

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Concordance 132 verses

  1. Genesis 6:15 אַמָּ֗האַמָּה֙אַמָּ֖ה

    And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

  2. Genesis 6:16 אַמָּה֙

    You are to make a roof for the ark, finish its walls a cubit from the top, place a door in the side of the ark, and build lower, middle, and upper decks.

  3. Genesis 7:20 אַמָּה֙

    The waters rose and covered the mountaintops to a depth of fifteen cubits.

  4. Exodus 25:10 אַמָּתַ֨יִםוְאַמָּ֤הוְאַמָּ֥ה

    And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

  5. Exodus 25:17 אַמָּתַ֤יִםוְאַמָּ֥ה

    And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

  6. Exodus 25:23 אַמָּתַ֤יִםוְאַמָּ֣הוְאַמָּ֥ה

    You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

  7. Exodus 26:2 בָּֽאַמָּ֔הבָּאַמָּ֔ה

    Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide —all curtains the same size.

  8. Exodus 26:8 בָּֽאַמָּ֔הבָּאַמָּ֔ה

    Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

  9. Exodus 26:13 וְהָאַמָּ֨הוְהָאַמָּ֤ה

    And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.

  10. Exodus 26:16 אַמּ֖וֹתוְאַמָּה֙הָֽאַמָּ֔ה

    Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

  11. Exodus 27:1 אַמּ֨וֹתאַמּ֣וֹתאַמּ֖וֹת

    “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

  12. Exodus 27:9 בָֽאַמָּה֙

    You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

  13. Exodus 27:12 אַמָּ֑ה

    The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

  14. Exodus 27:13 אַמָּֽה׃

    The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.

  15. Exodus 27:14 אַמָּ֛ה

    Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,

  16. Exodus 27:16 אַמָּ֗ה

    The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

  17. Exodus 27:18 בָֽאַמָּ֜האַמּ֖וֹת

    The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

  18. Exodus 30:2 אַמָּ֨הוְאַמָּ֤הוְאַמָּתַ֖יִם

    It is to be square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns must be of one piece.

  19. Exodus 36:9 בָּֽאַמָּ֔הבָּֽאַמָּ֔ה

    Each curtain was twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide; all the curtains were the same size.

  20. Exodus 36:15 בָּֽאַמָּ֔האַמּ֔וֹת

    Each of the eleven curtains was the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.

  21. Exodus 36:21 אַמֹּ֖ותוְאַמָּה֙הָֽאַמָּ֔ה

    Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

  22. Exodus 37:1 אַמָּתַ֨יִםוְאַמָּ֤הוְאַמָּ֥ה

    Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

  23. Exodus 37:6 אַמָּתַ֤יִםוְאַמָּ֥ה

    He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

  24. Exodus 37:10 אַמָּתַ֤יִםוְאַמָּ֣הוְאַמָּ֥ה

    He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.

  25. Exodus 37:25 אַמָּ֣הוְאַמָּ֨הוְאַמָּתַ֙יִם֙

    He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.

  26. Exodus 38:1 אַמּ֨וֹתאַמּ֤וֹתאַמּ֖וֹת

    Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.

  27. Exodus 38:9 בָּאַמָּֽה׃

    Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,

  28. Exodus 38:11 בָֽאַמָּ֔ה

    The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

  29. Exodus 38:12 בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה

    The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

  30. Exodus 38:13 אַמָּֽה׃

    And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.

  31. Exodus 38:14 אַמָּ֖ה

    The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

  32. Exodus 38:15 אַמָּ֑ה

    And the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.

  33. Exodus 38:18 אַמָּה֙אַמּ֔וֹת

    The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

  34. Numbers 11:31 וּכְאַמָּתַ֖יִם

    Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.

  35. Numbers 35:4 אַמָּ֖ה

    The pasturelands around the cities you are to give the Levites will extend a thousand cubits from the wall on every side.

  36. Numbers 35:5 בָּֽאַמָּ֟הבָּאַמָּ֜הבָּֽאַמָּ֗הבָּאַמָּ֖ה

    You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

  37. Deuteronomy 3:11 אַמּ֣וֹתאַמּ֛וֹתבְּאַמַּת־

    (For only Og king of Bashan had remained of the remnant of the Rephaim. His bed of iron, nine cubits long and four cubits wide, is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)

  38. Joshua 3:4 אַמָּ֖ה

    But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

  39. 1 Samuel 17:4 אַמּ֖וֹת

    Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,

  40. 1 Kings 6:2 אַמָּ֥האַמָּ֖ה

    The house that King Solomon built for the LORD was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high.

  41. 1 Kings 6:3 אַמָּה֙בָּאַמָּ֛ה

    The portico at the front of the main hall of the temple was twenty cubits long, extending across the width of the temple and projecting out ten cubits in front of the temple.

  42. 1 Kings 6:6 בָּאַמָּ֣הבָּֽאַמָּה֙בָּאַמָּ֖ה

    The bottom floor was five cubits wide, the middle floor six cubits, and the third floor seven cubits. He also placed offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.

  43. 1 Kings 6:10 אַמּ֖וֹת

    He built chambers all along the temple, each five cubits high and attached to the temple with beams of cedar.

  44. 1 Kings 6:16 אַמָּ֜ה

    He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.

  45. 1 Kings 6:17 בָּאַמָּ֖ה

    And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long.

  46. 1 Kings 6:20 אַמָּ֨האַמָּ֣האַמָּה֙

    The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold, and he also overlaid the altar of cedar.

  47. 1 Kings 6:23 אַמּ֖וֹת

    In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim, each ten cubits high, out of olive wood.

  48. 1 Kings 6:24 אַמּ֗וֹתאַמּ֔וֹתאַמּ֔וֹת

    One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.

  49. 1 Kings 6:25 בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה

    The second cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same size and shape,

  50. 1 Kings 6:26 בָּֽאַמָּ֑ה

    and the height of each cherub was ten cubits.

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