מִדָּה middah

Hebrew word for “measure” · Strong’s H4060 · used 55 times in 53 verses

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Meaning

1) measure, measurement, stature, size, garment;

Senses in the lexicon

• measure (53)
• `great stature` (1)
• tribute (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for middah in context, with how often each is used:

• measurement 20
• measurements 11
• measured portion 7
• size 4
• stature 3
• measure 2
• like the measurement 2
• statures 1
• robes 1
• sizes 1
• measured area 1
• will be measurements 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (11), Nehemiah 3 (7), Ezekiel 42 (5), 1 Kings 7 (3), Ezekiel 48 (3), Exodus 26 (2), Exodus 36 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Numbers 13 (1), Joshua 3 (1)

Forms

• מדה 21
• המדה 9
• כמדות 7
• מדות 5
• במדה 4
• כמדת 3
• ומדה 2
• ומדת 1
• מדותיו 1
• מדותיה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with middah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מָדַד madad “to measure” 11
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 13
• רֹחַב rochav “width” 12
• אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 10
• חָמֵשׁ chamesh “five” 12
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 10
• שֵׁנִי sheni “second” 8
• אַרְבַּע arba “four” 9
• אֵלֶּה elleh “these” 11
• קָנֶה qaneh “branch” 6
• אֶחָד echad “one” 11
• אֵילָם elam “arches” 5

Key verses

The verses using middah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 19:35 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
• Numbers 13:32 — And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it,…
• Joshua 3:4 — Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for…
• 1 Chronicles 23:29 — Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is…
• Nehemiah 5:4 — There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
• Psalms 133:2 — It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
• Isaiah 45:14 — Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine:…
• Jeremiah 22:14 — That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
• Ezekiel 40:3 — And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring…
• Ezekiel 40:22 — And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven…
• Ezekiel 40:29 — And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches…
• Zechariah 2:1 — I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.