Hebrew · H3967

מֵאָה

A hundred ; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

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מֵאָהH3967

What does מֵאָה mean in the Bible?

מֵאָה is a Hebrew word meaning "a hundred ; also as a multiplicative and a fraction".

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Questions this entry answers

What does מֵאָה mean in the Bible?

מֵאָה is a Hebrew word meaning "a hundred ; also as a multiplicative and a fraction".

How does the BSB render H3967?

The BSB source-word alignment has 578 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (283), hundred (62), a hundred (25), of hundreds (15), and of hundreds (9).

Where does מֵאָה appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 5:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Numbers (96), 2 Chronicles (64), Genesis (64), Ezra (53).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It

. . .283×Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:7

hundred62×Genesis 8:13, Genesis 15:13, Genesis 23:15, Genesis 23:16

a hundred25×Genesis 17:17, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 27:11, Leviticus 26:8

of hundreds15×Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 31:14, Deuteronomy 1:15

and of hundreds9×Numbers 31:48, Numbers 31:52, Numbers 31:54, 2 Samuel 18:1

hundred [shekels]8×Genesis 45:22, Numbers 7:85, Judges 17:2, 1 Kings 10:16

two hundred8×Joshua 7:21, 1 Samuel 18:27, 1 Samuel 25:18, 1 Samuel 30:10

for a hundred6×Genesis 33:19, Joshua 24:32, 2 Samuel 3:14, 1 Kings 10:29

1205×Genesis 6:3, 1 Kings 9:14, 1 Kings 10:10, 2 Chronicles 5:12

2005×Genesis 11:23, Genesis 32:14, 1 Chronicles 12:32, Ezra 8:4

1284×Ezra 2:23, Ezra 2:41, Nehemiah 7:27, Nehemiah 11:14

and a hundred4×Leviticus 26:8, Judges 20:10, 1 Kings 4:23, Ezekiel 40:47

of 1104×Genesis 50:22, Genesis 50:26, Joshua 24:29, Judges 2:8

[to be] a hundred3×Ezekiel 40:23, Ezekiel 40:27, Ezekiel 41:13

[was] a hundred3×Numbers 7:86, Ezekiel 41:14, Ezekiel 42:2

180,000 {}3×1 Kings 12:21, 2 Chronicles 11:1, 2 Chronicles 17:18

200,000 {}3×1 Samuel 15:4, 2 Chronicles 17:16, 2 Chronicles 17:17

hundred [men]3×2 Samuel 23:8, 2 Samuel 23:18, 1 Chronicles 11:20

of a hundred3×2 Kings 3:4, 2 Kings 23:33, 2 Chronicles 36:3

1002×Exodus 38:27, Ezra 8:26

100,000 {}2×1 Chronicles 22:14, 2 Chronicles 25:6

1122×Ezra 2:18, Nehemiah 7:24

120,000 {}2×1 Chronicles 12:37, 2 Chronicles 28:6

1222×Ezra 2:27, Nehemiah 7:31

1232×Ezra 2:21, Nehemiah 7:32

1502×Genesis 8:3, Ezra 8:3

185,000 men2×2 Kings 19:35, Isaiah 37:36

2232×Ezra 2:19, Ezra 2:28

and 120,0002×1 Kings 8:63, 2 Chronicles 7:5

and two hundred2×1 Samuel 25:18, Song Of Solomon 8:12

except a hundred2×2 Samuel 8:4, 1 Chronicles 18:4

hundred [cubits]2×Ezekiel 42:20

it was a hundred2×Ezekiel 40:19, Ezekiel 41:15

was a hundred2×Genesis 21:5, Exodus 38:9

[and]1×2 Chronicles 3:4

[and] two hundred1×2 Chronicles 29:32

[have lasted] 1301×Genesis 47:9

[is] 108,1001×Numbers 2:24

[shall be] a hundred1×Exodus 27:18

[They also brought] 2201×Ezra 8:20

[They also took] 100,0001×1 Chronicles 5:21

[to be] two hundred1×2 Samuel 14:26

[to reach] a hundred1×Isaiah 65:20

[was also] a hundred1×Exodus 38:11

[weighing] 1001×Ezra 8:26

[were] a hundred1×Ezekiel 42:8

[were] also a hundred1×Ezekiel 41:13

[were] the two hundred1×1 Kings 7:20

1051×Genesis 5:6

1101×Ezra 8:12

1271×Genesis 23:1

1371×Genesis 25:17

138 [in all]1×Nehemiah 7:45

1391×Ezra 2:42

1401×Job 42:16

1471×Genesis 47:28

1481×Nehemiah 7:44

150 [in all]1×1 Chronicles 8:40

153,600 [in all]1×2 Chronicles 2:17

1561×Ezra 2:30

1601×Ezra 8:10

1621×Genesis 5:18

172 men1×Nehemiah 11:19

1751×Genesis 25:7

1801×Genesis 35:28

1821×Genesis 5:28

1871×Genesis 5:25

1881×Nehemiah 7:26

2181×Ezra 8:9

232 men1×1 Kings 20:15

242 men1×Nehemiah 11:13

2451×Ezra 2:66

250,000 {}1×1 Chronicles 5:21

280,000 {}1×2 Chronicles 17:15

2841×Nehemiah 11:18

2881×1 Chronicles 25:7

a hundred [children]1×Ecclesiastes 6:3

a hundred [shekels]1×Deuteronomy 22:19

a hundred [times]1×Ecclesiastes 8:12

a hundred strong1×Amos 5:3

a hundredfold1×Genesis 26:12

about the hundred1×2 Chronicles 25:9

along with the percentage1×Nehemiah 5:11

and 1001×Ezra 2:69

and 100,0001×1 Chronicles 29:7

and 1121×1 Chronicles 15:10

and 1201×1 Chronicles 15:5

and 1301×1 Chronicles 15:7

and 2001×1 Chronicles 15:8

and 2201×1 Chronicles 15:6

and 280,000 men1×2 Chronicles 14:8

and the hundred1×Judges 7:19

as well as their 2001×Ezra 2:65

as well as their 2451×Nehemiah 7:67

at a hundred1×Isaiah 65:20

by hundreds1×2 Samuel 18:4

deeper than a hundred1×Proverbs 17:10

for 1501×Genesis 7:24

from the 1001×Exodus 38:27

hundred [strong]1×1 Samuel 23:13

hundred men1×1 Chronicles 11:11

hundreds1×1 Samuel 22:7

hundredth1×Genesis 7:11

is 151,4501×Numbers 2:16

is 157,6001×Numbers 2:31

is 186,4001×Numbers 2:9

men1×1 Chronicles 12:27

men.1×Numbers 26:14

of 1301×2 Chronicles 24:15

out of [every] hundred1×Judges 20:10

The hundred1×Exodus 38:27

the two hundred1×1 Samuel 30:21

their units of hundreds1×1 Samuel 29:2

There were 1501×Nehemiah 5:17

thousand1×2 Samuel 8:4

took 200,0001×2 Chronicles 28:8

totaled 1001×Exodus 38:25

two hundred [loaves]1×2 Samuel 16:1

two hundred [shekels]1×Judges 17:4

was 1001×Genesis 11:10

was 2121×1 Chronicles 9:22

was a match for a hundred1×1 Chronicles 12:14

while two hundred1×1 Samuel 25:13

will have but a hundred1×Amos 5:3

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Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned rowGenesis 5:3

Aligned rows578

Books represented25

Genesis64Exodus28Leviticus2Numbers96Deuteronomy4Joshua3Judges311 Samuel222 Samuel191 Kings292 Kings131 Chronicles432 Chronicles64Ezra53Nehemiah48Esther7Job3Proverbs1Ecclesiastes2Song Of Solomon1Isaiah3Jeremiah4Ezekiel33Daniel3Amos2

Source forms

מֵא֖וֹת118xmê·’ō·wṯGenesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11

מֵא֥וֹת35xmê·’ō·wṯGenesis 32:6, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 38:26, Numbers 1:46

מֵאָ֥ה28xmê·’āhGenesis 6:3, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 50:22, Genesis 50:26

מֵא֣וֹת24xmê·’ō·wṯGenesis 6:15, Genesis 45:22, Judges 3:31, Judges 7:22

מֵאָ֖ה23xmê·’āhExodus 38:9, 1 Chronicles 8:40, 1 Chronicles 15:10, 2 Chronicles 29:32

מֵאֽוֹת׃23xmê·’ō·wṯNumbers 2:4, Numbers 2:8, Numbers 2:11, Numbers 2:13

מֵאוֹת֙20xmê·’ō·wṯGenesis 5:5, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 9:29, Genesis 23:16

מָאתַ֖יִם17xmā·ṯa·yimGenesis 32:14, 1 Kings 20:15, 1 Chronicles 9:22, 1 Chronicles 25:7

Parsing patterns

Number - feminine plural292xGenesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8

Number - feminine singular100xGenesis 6:3, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 26:12

Number - fd46xGenesis 11:23, Genesis 32:14, Judges 17:4, 1 Samuel 15:4

Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular34xLeviticus 26:8, Numbers 2:24, Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19

Conjunctive waw | Number - fd28xGenesis 11:19, Genesis 11:21, Genesis 11:32, Exodus 30:23

Article | Number - feminine plural16xExodus 38:28, Numbers 31:14, Numbers 31:28, Numbers 31:48

Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct16xGenesis 5:3, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:18, Genesis 5:25

Number - feminine singular construct13xGenesis 11:10, Genesis 21:5, Genesis 25:7, Genesis 25:17

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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