madad (to measure)

Meaning

To measure, stretch(Qal) to measure · (Niphal) to be measured · (Piel) · (Po) measured · (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself

How it's translated

and he measured 22
and he measured out 5
he measured 5
and they will measure 2
i will measure off 2
it will be measured 2
and they measured 1
and you will measure 1

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

Where it's used most

Ezekiel 34
Psalms 2
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 2
Exodus 1
Numbers 1

13 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Exodus 16:18And 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 35:5And 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 21:2Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
Ruth 3:15Also 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 8:2And 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 17:21And 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.

All 49 verses, by book

Exodus 1: 16:18
Numbers 1: 35:5
Deuteronomy 1: 21:2
Ruth 1: 3:15
2 Samuel 1: 8:2
1 Kings 1: 17:21
Job 1: 7:4
Psalms 2: 60:6 108:7
Isaiah 2: 40:12 65:7
Jeremiah 2: 31:37 33:22
Ezekiel 34: 40:5 40:6 40:8 40:9 40:11 40:13 40:19 40:20 40:23 40:24 40:27 40:28 40:32 40:35 40:47 40:48 41:1 41:2 41:3 41:4 41:5 41:13 41:15 42:15 42:16 42:17 42:18 42:19 42:20 43:10 45:3 47:3 47:4 47:5
Hosea 1: 1:10
Zechariah 1: 2:2

Hebrew dictionary

מָדַד madad · to measure

1) to measure, stretch 1a) (Qal) to measure 1b) (Niphal) to be measured 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to extend, continue 1c2) to measure, measure off 1d) (Po) measured 1e) (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself Also means: mid.dad (מָדַד "to extend" H4059)

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

MEASURE, noun

mezh'ur. [Latin mensura, from mensus, with a casual n, the participle of metior, to measure; Eng. to mete.]

The whole extent or dimensions of a thing, including length, breadth and thickness.“The measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea” Job 11:9
That by which extent or dimension is ascertained, either length, breadth, thickness, capacity, or amount; as, a rod or pole is a measure of five yards and a half; an inch, a foot, a yard, are measures of length; a gallon is a measure of capacity.
A limited or definite quantity; as a measure of wine or beer.
Determined extent or length; limit.“Lord, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days” Psalms 39:4

All definitions and other forms of “measure”

A rule by which any thing is adjusted or proportioned.
Proportion; quantity settled.
Full or sufficient quantity.
Extent of power or office.“We will not boast of things without our measure” 2 Corinthians 10:13
Portion allotted; extent of ability.
Degree; quantity indefinite.
In music, that division by which the motion of music is regulated; or the interval or space of time between the rising and falling of the hand or foot of him who beats time.
In poetry, the measure or meter is the manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or the long and short syllables.
In dancing, the interval between steps, corresponding to the interval between notes in the music.
In geometry, any quantity assumed as one or unity, to which the ratio of other homogeneous or similar quantities is expressed.
Means to an end; an act, step or proceeding towards the accomplishment of an object; an extensive signification of the word, applicable to almost every act preparatory to a final end, and by which it is to be attained.

MEASURE, verb transitive

mezh'ur. To compute or ascertain extent, quantity, dimensions or capacity by a certain rule; as, to measure land; to measure distance; to measure the altitude of a mountain; to measure the capacity of a ship or of a cask.

To ascertain the degree of any thing; as, to measure the degrees of heat, or of moisture.
To pass through or over.
To judge of distance, extent or quantity; as, to measure any thing by the eye.
To adjust; to proportion.
To allot or distribute by measure“With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again” Matthew 7:2

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