Lexicon :: Strong's H4060 - midâ

מִדָּה

Transliteration

midâ

Pronunciation

mid-daw'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From מַד (H4055)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1146b

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

מִדָּה middâh, mid-daw'; feminine of H4055; properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured):—garment, measure(-ing), meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H4060 in the following manner: measure (37x), piece (7x), stature (4x), size (3x), meteyard (1x), garments (1x), tribute (1x), wide (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H4060 in the following manner: measure (37x), piece (7x), stature (4x), size (3x), meteyard (1x), garments (1x), tribute (1x), wide (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

measure, measurement, stature, size, garment
1. measure, act of measurement
2. measurement, size
3. measured portion, extent
4. garment
(BDB) tribute

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H4060: Abbreviations

† I. מִדָּה noun feminine measure, measurement, stature, size, garment (mostly late) — מ׳ Exodus 26:2 + 35 times; construct מִדַּת Ezekiel 40:21 + 2 times; plural מִדּוֺת Ezekiel 41:17 + 12 times; מִדּוֺתָיו Psalm 133:2; מִדּוֺתֶיהָ Ezekiel 48:16; —

1. measure, act of measurement, i.e. long measure Ezekiel 41:17 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 42:15; Ezekiel 48:30, 33; compare Joshua 3:4 (P), 1 Chronicles 23:29, see also Leviticus 19:35 (H); once of liquid measure, figurative, Job 28:25; קַו֯ה הַמּ׳ Jeremiah 31:39 measuring-line; חֶבֶל מ׳ Zechariah 2:5 (id.); קְנֵה הַמּ׳ measuring-reed Ezekiel 40:3, 5; Ezekiel 42:16 (strike out Co), Ezekiel 42:16; Ezekiel 42:17; Ezekiel 42:18; Ezekiel 42:19.

2. measurement, size of curtains in tabernacle Exodus 26:2, 8; Exodus 36:9, 15 (all P); compare 1 Kings 6:25; 1 Kings 7:37 (both || קֶצֶב), 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:11; 2 Chronicles 3:3; Ezekiel 40:10 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 40:21, 22, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35; Ezekiel 43:13; Ezekiel 46:22; Ezekiel 48:16; once of time, מִדַּת יָמַי Psalm 39:5; probably also Job 11:9 (figurative of God's wisdom) where מִדָּהּ = מִדָּתָהּ, compare Sta^{§ 347, approximately 2}; בֵּית מִדּוֺת = house of size Jeremiah 22:14; אִישׁ מִדָּה = man of size, stature, 1 Chronicles 11:23; 1 Chronicles 20:6; so also probably || H4067 2 Samuel 21:20 (for HCT מדין, Qr מָדוֺן, see [מַד]), We Dr Kit Bu; plural Numbers 13:32; Isaiah 45:14.

3. measured portion, extent, stretch (of wall) Nehemiah 3:11, 19, 20, 21, 24, 27, 30, compare Ezekiel 45:3.

4. garment (plural poetic) Psalm 133:2.

II. [מִדָּה] noun feminine tribute (loan-word from Assyrian mandattu, id., √ nadânu = נָתַן Dl^{HWB 451}, compare Schr^COT Ezra 4:13; also in Biblical Aramaic H4061 מִנְדָּה, ךמדֶּה id.); — מִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ Nehemiah 5:4.

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