אַמָּה
am.mah
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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- 1 Kings 7:2 אַמָּ֤האַמָּה֙אַמָּ֖ה
He built the House of the Forest of Lebanon a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, and thirty cubits high, with four rows of cedar pillars supporting the cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 7:6 אַמָּה֙אַמָּ֖ה
Solomon made his colonnade fifty cubits long and thirty cubits wide, with a portico in front of it and a canopy with pillars in front of the portico.
- 1 Kings 7:10 אַמּ֔וֹתאַמּֽוֹת׃
The foundations were laid with large, costly stones, some ten cubits long and some eight cubits long.
- 1 Kings 7:15 אַמָּ֗האַמָּ֔ה
He cast two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
- 1 Kings 7:16 אַמּ֗וֹתאַמּ֔וֹת
He also made two capitals of cast bronze to set on top of the pillars, each capital five cubits high.
- 1 Kings 7:19 אַמּֽוֹת׃
And the capitals atop the pillars in the portico were shaped like lilies, four cubits high.
- 1 Kings 7:23 בָּ֠אַמָּהבָּֽאַמָּה֙בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
- 1 Kings 7:24 בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה
Below the rim, ornamental buds encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 1 Kings 7:27 בָּאַמָּ֗הבָּֽאַמָּה֙בָּאַמָּ֖ה
In addition, he made ten movable stands of bronze, each four cubits long, four cubits wide, and three cubits high.
- 1 Kings 7:31 בָּֽאַמָּ֔האַמָּ֖ההָֽאַמָּ֑ה
The opening to each stand inside the crown at the top was one cubit deep, with a round opening like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half wide. And around its opening were engravings, but the panels of the stands were square, not round.
- 1 Kings 7:32 אַמָּ֖ההָאַמָּֽה׃
There were four wheels under the panels, and the axles of the wheels were attached to the stand; each wheel was a cubit and a half in diameter.
- 1 Kings 7:35 הָאַמָּ֛ה
At the top of each stand was a circular band half a cubit high. The supports and panels were cast as a unit with the top of the stand.
- 1 Kings 7:38 בָּֽאַמָּה֙
He also made ten bronze basins, each holding forty baths and measuring four cubits across, one basin for each of the ten stands.
- 2 Kings 14:13 אַמָּֽה׃
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah. Then Jehoash went to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
- 2 Kings 25:17 אַמָּ֜האַמָּה
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.
- 1 Chronicles 11:23 בָּאַמָּ֗ה
He also killed an Egyptian, a huge man five cubits tall. Although the Egyptian had a spear like a weaver’s beam in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
- 2 Chronicles 3:3 אַמּ֞וֹתאַמּ֣וֹתאַמּ֥וֹת
The foundation that Solomon laid for the house of God was sixty cubits long and twenty cubits wide, according to the old standard.
- 2 Chronicles 3:4 אַמּ֣וֹת
The portico at the front, extending across the width of the temple, was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits high. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
- 2 Chronicles 3:8 אַמּ֣וֹתאַמּ֣וֹת
Then he made the Most Holy Place; its length corresponded to the width of the temple—twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he overlaid the inside with six hundred talents of fine gold.
- 2 Chronicles 3:11 אַמּ֣וֹתלְאַמּ֣וֹתאַמּ֣וֹת
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:12 אַמּ֣וֹתאַמּ֣וֹת
The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.
- 2 Chronicles 3:13 אַמּ֣וֹת
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
- 2 Chronicles 3:15 אַמּ֕וֹתאַמּ֥וֹת
In front of the temple he made two pillars, which together were thirty-five cubits high, each with a capital on top measuring five cubits.
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 אַמָּה֙אַמָּ֖האַמּ֖וֹת
He made a bronze altar twenty cubits long, twenty cubits wide, and ten cubits high.
- 2 Chronicles 4:2 בָּֽ֠אַמָּהבָּֽאַמָּה֙בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה
He also made the Sea of cast metal. It was circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim, five cubits in height, and thirty cubits in circumference.
- 2 Chronicles 4:3 בָּֽאַמָּ֔ה
Below the rim, figures of oxen encircled it, ten per cubit all the way around the Sea, cast in two rows as a part of the Sea.
- 2 Chronicles 6:13 אַמּ֜וֹתאַמּוֹת֙וְאַמּ֥וֹת
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
- 2 Chronicles 25:23 אַמָּֽה׃
There at Beth-shemesh, Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz. Then Jehoash brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate—a section of four hundred cubits.
- Nehemiah 3:13 אַמָּה֙
The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
- Esther 5:14 אַמָּה֒
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- Esther 7:9 אַמָּ֑ה
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
- Isaiah 6:4 אַמּ֣וֹת
At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
- Jeremiah 51:13 אַמַּ֥ת
You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
- Jeremiah 52:21 אַמָּה֙אַמָּ֖ה
Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.
- Jeremiah 52:22 אַמּוֹת֒
The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.
- Ezekiel 40:5 אַמּ֤וֹתבָּֽאַמָּה֙
And I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
- Ezekiel 40:7 אַמּ֑וֹת
Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.
- Ezekiel 40:9 אַמּ֔וֹתאַמּ֑וֹת
it was eight cubits deep, and its jambs were two cubits thick. And the portico of the gateway faced the temple.
- Ezekiel 40:11 אַמּ֑וֹתאַמּֽוֹת׃
And he measured the width of the gateway entrance to be ten cubits, and its length was thirteen cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:12 אַמָּ֣הוְאַמָּה־אַמּ֣וֹתאַמּ֖וֹת
In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square.
- Ezekiel 40:13 אַמּ֑וֹת
Then he measured the gateway from the roof of one gate chamber to the roof of the opposite one; the distance was twenty-five cubits from doorway to doorway.
- Ezekiel 40:14 אַמָּ֑ה
Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.
- Ezekiel 40:15 אַמָּֽה׃
And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:19 אַמָּ֑ה
Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.
- Ezekiel 40:21 אַמָּה֙בָּאַמָּֽה׃
Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:23 אַמָּֽה׃
There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:25 אַמָּה֙אַמָּֽה׃
Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around, like the other windows. It was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:27 אַמּֽוֹת׃
The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:29 אַמָּה֙אַמּֽוֹת׃
Its gate chambers, side pillars, and portico had the same measurements as the others. Both the gateway and its portico had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 40:30 אַמָּ֔האַמּֽוֹת׃
(The porticoes around the inner court were twenty-five cubits long and five cubits deep.)