Strong's Lexicon

H4055

H4055 — מַד מֵד

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmadnoun mascOccurrences: 11TWOT: 1146a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4055
Word:	מַד מֵד
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H4058
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	11
Transliteration:	mad
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mad (or med {made}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. (properly) extent, i.e. height 2. (also) a measure 3. (by implication) a vesture (as measured) 4. (also) a carpet
KJV Renderings:	armour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature.

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[מַד] noun masculine^{1Sam 4:12} measure, also cloth garment (as extended, wide); — suffix מַדּוֺ Ps 109:18 מִדּוֺ Lev 6:3; 2Sam 20:8 ( מִדָּהּ Job 11:9, see below מִדָּה); plural מִדִּין Judg 5:10 (see below), 2Sam 21:20 Kt ( Qr מָדוֺן; read perhaps מִדָּה, see 1Chr 20:6, compare Dr ); suffix מִדַּיִךְ Jer 13:25 מַדָּיו 1Sam 4:12 + 4 t.; —

1. measure (only plural) = apportionment Jer 13:25, מְנָָֽתמִֿדַּיִךְ (of lot of Judah, || גּוֺרָל); compare literally 2Sam 21:20 Kt (but see מִדָּה ).

2. perhaps cloth, carpet (for sitting on), Judg 5:10 (so most, conjecture from context; on plural in ן, see Ges^{«GKC:87»§ 87}, 1. a).

3. garment, outer garment Judg 3:16; 1Sam 4:12, compare (simile) Ps 109:18 of fighting-attire 1Sam 17:38 (with verb הִלְבִּשׁ), 1Sam 17:39; 1Sam 18:4; 2Sam 20:8 (|| לְבוּשׁ); of priest's garment וְלָבַשׁ הַכֹּהֵן מִדּוֺ בַד Lev 6:3 compare [ מָדוּ, מַדְוֶה] below מדה.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מד (mad)

Judges 3:16

KJV: But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.

EHCC: he did gird it under Ais raiment

Judges 5:10

KJV: Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.Speak: or, Meditate

EHCC: ye that sit in judgment,

1 Samuel 4:12

KJV: And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.

EHCC: with Ais clothes rent, and with earth

1 Samuel 17:38

KJV: And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.armed David…: Heb. clothed David with his clothes

EHCC: Saul armed David with his armour, (marg.

1 Samuel 18:4

KJV: And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.

EHCC: and his garments, even to his sword,

1 Samuel 21:20

EHCC: בתיב )where was ם man of (great) stature,

Job 11:9

KJV: The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

EHCC: The measure thereof (is) longer

Psalms 109:18

KJV: As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones.into his bowels: Heb. within him

EHCC: with cursing like os with his garment,

Jeremiah 18:25

EHCC: of thy measurcs