Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H520
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- 'ammah
- Pronunciation
- am-maw'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H520
- Brief meaning
- 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)
- Source renderings
- cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post
- Root word
- prolonged from H517
- Full definition from the source
- 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). Root word: prolonged from H517.
- Digital-source-added cross-reference note
- H517, H3967
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
00520\ 520 'ammah am-maw' prolonged from 517; 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):--cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post. see HEBREW for 0517 see HEBREW for 03967