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מָדַד H4058

H4058 is the Hebrew word מָדַד, transliterated mâdad and said maw-dad'. The King James Version most often renders it measured.

Word: מָדַדTransliteration: mâdadSaid: maw-dad'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 49 verses

What it means

properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 50 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

measured 32×measure 6×mete out 2×again he measured 2×mete 1×stretched 1×therefore will i measure 1×can be measured 1×thereof and measured 1×other side and he measured 1×after he measured 1×afterward he measured 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: measure, mete, stretch self.

Verses using מָדַד

The first 40 of 49 verses, quoted in full.

Exodus 16:18 · KJV

And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

Numbers 35:5 · KJV

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

Deuteronomy 21:2 · KJV

Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:

Ruth 3:15 · KJV

Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

2 Samuel 8:2 · KJV

And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.

1 Kings 17:21 · KJV

And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him again.

Psalm 60:6 · KJV

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Psalm 108:7 · KJV

God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.

Isaiah 40:12 · KJV

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

Isaiah 65:7 · KJV

Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

Jeremiah 31:37 · KJV

Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 33:22 · KJV

As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.

Ezekiel 40:5 · KJV

And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

Ezekiel 40:6 · KJV

Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

Ezekiel 40:8 · KJV

He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.

Ezekiel 40:9 · KJV

Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.

Ezekiel 40:11 · KJV

And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.

Ezekiel 40:13 · KJV

He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door.

Ezekiel 40:19 · KJV

Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward.

Ezekiel 40:20 · KJV

And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof.

Ezekiel 40:23 · KJV

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:24 · KJV

After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.

Ezekiel 40:27 · KJV

And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:28 · KJV

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

Ezekiel 40:32 · KJV

And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

Ezekiel 40:35 · KJV

And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures;

Ezekiel 40:47 · KJV

So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house.

Ezekiel 40:48 · KJV

And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side.

Ezekiel 41:1 · KJV

Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.

Ezekiel 41:2 · KJV

And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.

Ezekiel 41:3 · KJV

Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.

Ezekiel 41:4 · KJV

So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.

Ezekiel 41:5 · KJV

After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.

Ezekiel 41:13 · KJV

So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;

Ezekiel 41:15 · KJV

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

Ezekiel 42:15 · KJV

Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.

Ezekiel 42:16 · KJV

He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Ezekiel 42:17 · KJV

He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.

Ezekiel 42:18 · KJV

He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.

Ezekiel 42:19 · KJV

He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4058 mean?

H4058 is the Hebrew word מָדַד (mâdad), meaning properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended.

How is H4058 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it measured (32 times), measure (6 times), mete out (2 times), again he measured (2 times), mete (1 time), among others.

How many times does H4058 appear in the Bible?

מָדַד (mâdad) is tagged in 49 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4058 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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