Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H521: אַמָּה

ʼammâh · pronounced am-maw' · “cubit”

Definition

{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)}

KJV translates it as: cubit.

Word origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to H520 (אַמָּה)

Extended definition

cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (. 5 m)
Aramaic of am.mah (אַמָּה "cubit" H0520A)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H521 is translated

  • cubits ×2
  • was cubits ×2

Bible verses with H521 (ʼammâh)

ʼammâh appears in 2 verses.

  • 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;

  • Daniel 3:1

    Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.