מִדָּה
middâh · H4060 · Hebrew · 56 occurrences
Thing
- RobeHigh Priest’s clothing35 verses
Meanings
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measure, size
The overall dimensions or capacity of an object
ExamplesExodus 26:2 “The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements.
Exodus 26:8 “The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have the same measurements.
Exodus 36:9 The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had the same measurements.
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man of stature, giant
Literally: a person of measure; hence: an unusually tall or large person
ExamplesNumbers 13:32 So they brought a bad report of the land which they had spied out to the sons of Israel, saying, “The land through which we have gone to spy out is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are people of great stature.
1 Chronicles 11:23 And he killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
1 Chronicles 20:6 Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants.
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large house, palace
Literally: a house of measure; hence: an unusually large house or building
ExamplesJeremiah 22:14 Who says, ‘I will build myself a large house With spacious upstairs rooms, And cut out its windows, Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.’
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measuring
Action by which humans ascertain the size or quantity of something by comparing it with a standard unit or with an object of known size
ExamplesLeviticus 19:35 ‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume.
Jeremiah 31:39 “The measuring line will go out farther straight ahead, to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah.
Ezekiel 42:15 Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by way of the gate which faced east, and measured it all around.
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area, section
Literally: measure; hence: a part of a larger unit that has been measured off
ExamplesNehemiah 3:11 Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of Furnaces.
Nehemiah 3:19 And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the official of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent of the armory at the Angle.
Nehemiah 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
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measuring reed, measuring stick
Reed used as a linear measure of six royal cubits, i.e. of 3.1 meters
ExamplesEzekiel 40:3 So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a thread of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway.
Ezekiel 40:5 And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod.
Ezekiel 42:16 He measured on the east side with the measuring rod: five hundred rods by the measuring rod.
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tax
Exact meaning unsure; probably: an amount of money that is to be paid to a ruler in return for certain rights or privileges
ExamplesNehemiah 5:4 There also were those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our fields and our vineyards.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
10 occurrences in 8 groups
- גָּזִיתhewn stone 2
- שַׁעַרgate 2
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- יוֹםday, time 1
- מִזְבֵּחַaltar 1
- מֶלֶךְking 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
25 occurrences in 6 groups
- אֶחָדone 9
- שֵׁנִיsecond 7
- אֵלֶּהthese 6
- זֹאתthis 1
- חָמֵשׁfive 1
- רִאשׁוֹןfirst, former 1
What is done to itIt is the object
8 occurrences in 2 groups
- חָזַקto be strong, to strengthen 7
- כָּלָהto be finished 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָדַעto know 1
What it is said to bePredicate
12 occurrences in 10 groups
- יְרִיעָהcurtain, tent curtain 4
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (11) 11
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 5 groups
- אֵילָםporch 3
- אַיִלram 2
- תָּאroom 2
- חַלּוֹןwindow 1
- תִּמֹּרpalm-ornament 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
17 occurrences in 4 groups
- כlike/as 15
- בin/on/with 5
- לto/for 3
- מִןfrom 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
16 occurrences in 6 groups
- קָנֶהreed, branch 7
- אִישׁman, person, each 5
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- חֶבֶלcord, rope, region 1
- פֶּהmouth 1
- קַוmeasuring line 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- קַו qav · H6957 · measuring line, extent
- Both words relate to measurement: מִדָּה (middâh, H4060) is a general term for measure, measurement or measuring instrument, while קַו (qav, H6957) is a measuring line or cord. Both can denote tools or units used for measuring dimensions, but קַו is more specific, a type of line or cord.
In the other Testament 1 word
- μέτρον métron · G3358 · measure, sparingly, in a limited way
- Greek μέτρον (métron, G3358) is the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew מִדָּה (middâh, H4060), both denoting 'measure' as a concrete unit or abstract standard of measurement, with shared semantic range across literal measurement implements and figurative applications to portion or extent.
Semantic domains 6 entries
- Dimension002001001020
- מִדָּה denotes a measurement or dimension, as in Exodus 26:2's curtains that "shall have the same measurements," placing it among terms for physical size or extent.
- Large002001001037
- מִדָּה describes great physical size or stature, illustrated at Numbers 13:32 ("all the people whom we saw in it are people of great stature") and 2 Samuel 21:20 ("a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand").
- Measure002004002009
- The word is the standard noun for an act or standard of measurement, as in Leviticus 19:35's "you shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume," placing it among terms of measuring.
- Space002002001017
- מִדָּה describes spatial extent or width, illustrated at Exodus 26:2 ("the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements").
- Tools001003001001017
- This entry carries no independent "Tools" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of this lexeme (e.g. Exodus 26:2, Leviticus 19:35) concerns a measurement or dimension itself, not a measuring instrument. The domain is bundle-shared with the lexeme's core measurement sense.
- Objects001
- מִדָּה also names a garment or a cut, measured piece of clothing, illustrated at 2 Samuel 21:20's underlying sense of a measured share, and by the word's own attested gloss covering "garment, piece" alongside its dimensional senses.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4060. middah I. מִדָּה noun feminine measure, measurement, stature, size, garment…
I. מִדָּה noun feminine measure, measurement, stature, size, garment (mostly late) — ׳מ Exo 26:2 Exo 26:35t.; construct מִדַּת Eze 40:21 Eze 40:2t.; plural מִדּוֺת Eze 41:17 Eze 41:12t.; מִדּוֺתָיו Psa 133:2; מִדּוֺתֶיהָ Eze 48:16; —
1 measure, act of measurement, i.e. long measure Eze 41:17 (strike out Co), Eze 42:15; Eze 48:30, Eze 48:33; compare Jos 3:4 (P), 1Ch 23:29, see also Lev 19:35 (H); once of liquid measure, figurative, Job 28:25; הַמּ ׳קַו֯ה Jer 31:39 measuring-line; מ ׳חֶבֶל Zec 2:5 (id.); הַמּ ׳קְנֵה measuring-reed Eze 40:3, Eze 40:5; Eze 42:16 (strike out Co), Eze 42:16; Eze 42:17; Eze 42:18; Eze 42:19.
2 measurement, size of curtains in tabernacle Exo 26:2, Exo 26:8; Exo 36:9, Exo 36:15 (all P); compare 1Ki 6:25; 1Ki 7:37 (both || קֶצֶב), 1Ki 7:9; 1Ki 7:11; 2Ch 3:3; Eze 40:10 (twice in verse); Eze 40:21-22, Eze 40:24, Eze 40:28, Eze 40:29, Eze 40:32, Eze 40:33, Eze 40:35; Eze 43:13; Eze 46:22; Eze 48:16; once of time, יָמַי מִדַּת Psa 39:5; probably also Job 11:9 (figurative of God's wisdom) where מִדָּהּ = מִדָּתָהּ, compare Sta§ 347, approximately 2; מִדּוֺת בֵּית = house of size Jer 22:14; מִדָּה אִישׁ = man of size, stature, 1Ch 11:23; 1Ch 20:6; so also probably || 2Sa 21:20 (for HCT מדין, Qr מָדוֺן, see [ מַד]), We Dr Kit Bu; plural Num 13:32; Isa 45:14.
3 measured portion, extent, stretch (of wall) Neh 3:11, Neh 3:19, Neh 3:20, Neh 3:21, Neh 3:24, Neh 3:27, Neh 3:30, compare Eze 45:3.
4 garment (plural poetic) Psa 133:2.
II. [מִדָּה] noun feminine tribute (loan-word from Assyrian mandattu, id., √ nadânu = נָתַן DlHWB 451, compare SchrCOT Ezr 4:13; also in Biblical Aramaic ךמדֶּה מִנְדָּה, id.); — הַמֶּלֶךְ מִדַּת Neh 5:4.
מדה (secondary form of מדד; √ of following)
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 6 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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