ammah (cubit) · Rightly

Meaning

Cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (.
Foundation

How it's translated

cubits 80
cubit 75
by the cubit 42
and a cubit 16
a cubit 14
two cubits 6
the cubit 3
and the cubit 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Ezekiel 45
Exodus 30
1 Kings 24
2 Chronicles 12
Genesis 3
Numbers 3

16 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Genesis 6:15And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:16A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
Genesis 7:20Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Exodus 25:10And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
Exodus 25:17And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Exodus 25:23Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

All 131 verses, by book

Genesis 3: 6:15 6:16 7:20
Exodus 30: 25:10 25:17 25:23 26:2 26:8 26:13 26:16 27:1 27:9 27:12 27:13 27:14 27:16 27:18 30:2 36:9 36:15 36:21 37:1 37:6 37:10 37:25 38:1 38:9 38:11 38:12 38:13 38:14 38:15 38:18
Numbers 3: 11:31 35:4 35:5
Deuteronomy 1: 3:11
Joshua 1: 3:4
1 Samuel 1: 17:4
1 Kings 24: 6:2 6:3 6:6 6:10 6:16 6:17 6:20 6:23 6:24 6:25 6:26 7:2 7:6 7:10 7:15 7:16 7:19 7:23 7:24 7:27 7:31 7:32 7:35 7:38
2 Kings 2: 14:13 25:17
1 Chronicles 1: 11:23
2 Chronicles 12: 3:3 3:4 3:8 3:11 3:12 3:13 3:15 4:1 4:2 4:3 6:13 25:23
Nehemiah 1: 3:13
Esther 2: 5:14 7:9
Isaiah 1: 6:4
Jeremiah 3: 51:13 52:21 52:22
Ezekiel 45: 40:5 40:7 40:9 40:11 40:12 40:13 40:14 40:15 40:19 40:21 40:23 40:25 40:27 40:29 40:30 40:33 40:36 40:42 40:47 40:48 40:49 41:1 41:2 41:3 41:4 41:5 41:8 41:9 41:10 41:11 41:12 41:13 41:14 41:15 41:22 42:2 42:4 42:7 42:8 43:13 43:14 43:15 43:17 45:2 47:3
Zechariah 1: 5:2

Hebrew dictionary

אַמָּה ammah · cubit

cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (. 5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit (De 3:11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40:5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment. Aramaic equivalent: am.mah (אַמָּה "cubit" H0521)

אַמָּה ammah · foundation

foundation

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “cubit” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CUBIT, noun

[Latin, the elbow; signifying a turn or corner; Gr.]

In anatomy, the fore arm; the ulna, and bone of the arm from the elbow to the wrist.
In mensuration, the length of a mans arm from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.