Ezekiel 40:47
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מָדַד
mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
חָצֵר
châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אַמָּה
ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
רָחָב
râchâb
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָחָב râchâb
roomy, in any (or every) direction, literally or figuratively
Study H7342 →מָדַד mâdad
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Study H4058 →חָצֵר châtsêr
a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
Study H2691 →אַמָּה ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
Study H520 →אַמָּה ʼammâh
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
Study H520 →Cross References
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.
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.
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.
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