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מִדָּה H4060

H4060 is the Hebrew word מִדָּה, transliterated middâh and said mid-daw'. The King James Version most often renders it measuring.

Word: מִדָּהTransliteration: middâhSaid: mid-daw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 39 verses

What it means

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).

Where it comes from

feminine of H4055 (מַד).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 36 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

measuring 10×measure 7×piece 7×measures 3×great stature 2×meteyard 1×according to the measures 1×after the measures 1×size 1×tribute 1×stature 1×wide 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.

Verses using מִדָּה

All 39 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 19:35 · KJV

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

Joshua 3:4 · KJV

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 ye have not passed this way heretofore.

1 Kings 6:25 · KJV

And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.

1 Kings 7:9 · KJV

All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.

1 Kings 7:11 · KJV

And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.

1 Kings 7:37 · KJV

After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size.

1 Chronicles 11:23 · KJV

And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like a weaver’s beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and slew him with his own spear.

1 Chronicles 20:6 · KJV

And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant.

1 Chronicles 23:29 · KJV

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 fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

2 Chronicles 3:3 · KJV

Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.

Nehemiah 3:11 · KJV

Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces.

Nehemiah 3:19 · KJV

And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.

Nehemiah 3:20 · KJV

After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

Nehemiah 3:21 · KJV

After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

Nehemiah 3:24 · KJV

After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner.

Nehemiah 3:27 · KJV

After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel.

Nehemiah 3:30 · KJV

After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.

Nehemiah 5:4 · KJV

There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

Psalm 39:4 · KJV

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

Isaiah 45:14 · KJV

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: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God.

Jeremiah 22:14 · KJV

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.

Jeremiah 31:39 · KJV

And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath.

Ezekiel 40:3 · KJV

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 reed; and he stood in the gate.

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 40:10 · KJV

And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.

Ezekiel 40:21 · KJV

And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits.

Ezekiel 40:22 · KJV

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 steps; and the arches thereof were before them.

Ezekiel 40:29 · KJV

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 thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

Ezekiel 40:33 · KJV

And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad.

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.

Ezekiel 43:13 · KJV

And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar.

Ezekiel 45:3 · KJV

And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place.

Ezekiel 48:16 · KJV

And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred.

Ezekiel 48:33 · KJV

And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun.

Zechariah 2:1 · KJV

I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Common questions

What does Strong's H4060 mean?

H4060 is the Hebrew word מִדָּה (middâh), meaning 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).

How is H4060 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it measuring (10 times), measure (7 times), piece (7 times), measures (3 times), great stature (2 times), among others.

How many times does H4060 appear in the Bible?

מִדָּה (middâh) is tagged in 39 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4060 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H4055 (מַד).

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