Strong's Lexicon: H4060 מִדָּה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4060
Word:	מִדָּה
Part of Speech:	noun fem
Etymology:	feminine of H4055
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	55
Transliteration:	middah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	mid-daw'
Meaning:	1. (properly) extension, i.e. height or breadth 2. also a measure (including its standard) 3. hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment 4. specifically, tribute (as measured)
KJV Renderings:	garment, measure(-ing, meteyard, piece, size, (great) stature, tribute, wide.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB1922

I. מָדוֺן noun masculine^{Prov 22:10} strife, contention — Ps 80:7 + 9 t.; plural מִדְיָנִים Prov 18:18, מִדְ֯וָנִים Prov 18:19 + 7 t.; contracted into מְדָנִים Prov 6:19; Prov 10:12, מִדְ֯נִים Prov 6:14 construct מִדְיְנֵי Prov 19:13.

1. strife, contention, almost wholly Proverbs: — Prov 18:19; Prov 23:29; Prov 26:20 also Prov 17:14 (|| רִיב), Prov 22:10 (|| דִּין וְקָלוֺן); יִשָּׂא ׳ מ Hab 1:3 contention ariseth (|| ריב); ׳ שׁלּח מ let loose strife Prov 6:14; Prov 16:28 ׳ יְגָרֶה מ he stirreth up strife Prov 15:18 ; Prov 28:25; Prov 29:22 note especially אִישׁ מִדְוָ֯נִים Prov 26:21 = a contentious, quarrelsome man; oftener ׳ אֵשֶׁת מ = a contentious woman Prov 21:9; Prov 25:24 ; Prov 27:15, compare וָכָ֑עַם ׳ אשׁת מ Prov 21:19 .

2. object of contention Ps 80:7, compare אִישׁ מָדוֺן Jer 15:10 (|| אִישׁ רִיב). — On מָדוֺן 2Sam 21:20 Qr , see I. מִדָּה below מדד.

BDB4512

I. מִדָּה noun feminine measure, measurement, stature, size, garment (mostly late) — ׳ מ Exod 26:2 + 35 t.; construct מִדַּת Ezek 40:21 + 2 t.; plural מִדּוֺת Ezek 41:17 + 12 t.; מִדּוֺתָיו Ps 133:2 מִדּוֺתֶיהָ Ezek 48:16 —

1. measure, act of measurement, i.e. long measure Ezek 41:17 (strike out Co), Ezek 42:15; Ezek 48:30; Ezek 48:33 compare Josh 3:4 ( P ), 1Chr 23:29, see also Lev 19:35 ( H ); once of liquid measure, figurative, Job 28:25 ׳ קַו֯ה הַמּ Jer 31:39 measuring-line; ׳ חֶבֶל מ Zech 2:5 ( id.); ׳ קְנֵה הַמּ measuring-reed Ezek 40:3; Ezek 40:5; Ezek 42:16 (strike out Co), Ezek 42:16 Ezek 42:17 Ezek 42:18 Ezek 42:19 .

2. measurement, size of curtains in tabernacle Exod 26:2; Exod 26:8; Exod 36:9; Exod 36:15 (all P ); compare 1Kgs 6:25; 1Kgs 7:37 (both || קֶצֶב), 1Kgs 7:9 1Kgs 7:11; 2Chr 3:3; Ezek 40:10 (twice in verse); Ezek 40:21; Ezek 40:22; Ezek 40:24; Ezek 40:28; Ezek 40:29; Ezek 40:32; Ezek 40:33; Ezek 40:35 ; Ezek 43:13 ; Ezek 46:22; Ezek 48:16 once of time, מִדַּת יָמַי Ps 39:5 probably also Job 11:9 (figurative of God's wisdom) where מִדָּהּ = מִדָּתָהּ, compare Sta^{§ 347, approximately 2}; בֵּית מִדּוֺת = house of size Jer 22:14 אִישׁ מִדָּה = man of size, stature, 1Chr 11:23; 1Chr 20:6 so also probably || 2Sam 21:20 (for HCT מדין, Qr מָדוֺן, see [ מַד ]), We Dr Kit Bu; plural Num 13:32; Isa 45:14.

3. measured portion, extent, stretch (of wall) Neh 3:11; Neh 3:19; Neh 3:20; Neh 3:21; Neh 3:24; Neh 3:27; Neh 3:30, compare Ezek 45:3.

4. garment (plural poetic) Ps 133:2.

BDB4515

II. [מִדָּה] noun feminine tribute (loan-word from Assyrian mandattu , id., √ nadânu = נָתַן Dl^{HWB 451}, compare Schr^COT Ezra 4:13 also in Biblical Aramaic מִנְדָּה, ךמדֶּה id.); — מִדַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ Neh 5:4.

BDB9671

מִנְדָּה, מִדָּה (?) noun feminine tribute (Assyrian loan-word, compare Biblical Hebrew II. [מִדָּה]); — absolute ׳ מִנ Ezra 4:13; Ezra 7:24 + Ezra 4:20 Baer (van d. H. Gi Str מִדָּה); construct מִדַּת Ezra 6:8.

מַנְדַּע see ידע .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חמדה

Concordance entry

EHCC: 7) חמה * 0 -

Strong's Lexicon

H4060 — מִדָּה