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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3967 - מֵאיָה

Transliteration

mêʼâh

Phonetics

may-aw', may-yaw'

Root Word (Etymology)

properly, a primitive numeral

Parts of Speech

N/A

TWOT

1135

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) hundred

1a) as simple number

1b) as part of larger number

1c) as a fraction — one one-hundredth (1/100)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (569)

Genesis 55

Exodus 28

Leviticus 1

Numbers 96

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 3

Judges 31

1 Samuel 22

2 Samuel 19

1 Kings 28

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 43

2 Chronicles 63

Ezra 53

Nehemiah 50

Esther 7

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 34

Daniel 3

Amos 2

NAS (274)

Genesis 63

Exodus 22

Leviticus 2

Numbers 23

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 3

Judges 16

1 Samuel 20

2 Samuel 18

1 Kings 14

2 Kings 8

1 Chronicles 13

2 Chronicles 23

Ezra 9

Nehemiah 2

Esther 3

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 22

Amos 2

HCS (578)

Genesis 64

Exodus 28

Leviticus 2

Numbers 96

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 3

Judges 31

1 Samuel 21

2 Samuel 19

1 Kings 29

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 43

2 Chronicles 64

Ezra 53

Nehemiah 48

Esther 7

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 34

Daniel 3

Amos 2

BSB (624)

Genesis 110

Exodus 28

Leviticus 2

Numbers 96

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 3

Judges 31

1 Samuel 22

2 Samuel 19

1 Kings 29

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 43

2 Chronicles 64

Ezra 53

Nehemiah 48

Esther 7

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 33

Daniel 3

Amos 2

ESV (129)

Genesis 16

Leviticus 2

Numbers 6

Deuteronomy 2

Joshua 2

Judges 5

1 Samuel 21

2 Samuel 14

1 Kings 8

2 Kings 4

1 Chronicles 11

2 Chronicles 13

Ezra 4

Nehemiah 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 1

Ezekiel 12

Amos 2

WEB (580)

Genesis 65

Exodus 28

Leviticus 2

Numbers 97

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 3

Judges 28

1 Samuel 22

2 Samuel 19

1 Kings 29

2 Kings 13

1 Chronicles 43

2 Chronicles 64

Ezra 53

Nehemiah 50

Esther 7

Job 3

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Song of Solomon 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 4

Ezekiel 34

Daniel 3

Amos 2

KJV (569)

and 24

hundred 510

hundreds 27

hundredth 3

threescore 1

times 1

NAS (274)

100 14

200 7

hundred 222

hundreds 27

hundredth 2

one 1

two 1

HCS (578)

100 1

100,000 1

112 2

122 2

123 2

128 3

138 1

139 1

148 1

150 1

156 1

180,000 1

188 1

223 2

* 376

100 21

100,000 2

108,100 1

110 2

112 1

120 3

120,000 4

127 1

128 1

130 1

137 1

140 1

150 1

150 feet 4

160 1

172 1

175 1

175 feet 2

180 1

180,000 2

185,000 2

200 18

200,000 3

218 1

220 2

232 1

242 1

245 2

250,000 1

280,000 2

284 1

288 1

4,000 tons 1

7,500 pounds 6

9,000 pounds 1

There were 150 1

Two hundred 1

a hundred 8

and 200 1

and it would be five pounds 1

at a hundred 1

every 100 1

every 200 1

five pounds 1

four and a half tons 2

he was 130 1

hundred 4

hundreds 4

hundredth 1

is 151,450 1

is 157,600 1

is 186,400 1

is to be 150 feet 1

it was 175 feet 5

lived 100 1

numbered 100 1

of 100,000 1

of 110 3

of 7,500 pounds 1

of hundreds 21

the 100 1

the 7,500 pounds 1

the commanders of hundreds 1

the percentage 1

the price of 100 1

the total was 153,600 1

their units of hundreds 1

took 200,000 1

was 100 1

was 120 1

was 150 feet 1

was 175 feet 1

was 212 1

was 30 feet 1

was 7,544 pounds 1

weighing 7,500 pounds 1

well as 100,000 1

were 120 1

were 120,000 1

were 175 feet 2

will have only a hundred 1

BSB (624)

142

* 245

A hundred 1

The hundred 1

There were 1

Two hundred 1

[They also brought] 1

[They also took] 1

[and] 1

[and] two hundred 1

[has lasted] 1

[in all] 3

[is] 1

[numbered] a hundred 1

[shall be] a hundred 1

[to be] a hundred 3

[to be] two hundred 1

[to reach] a hundred 1

[was also] a hundred 1

[was] a hundred 3

[weighing] 1

[were] a hundred 1

[were] also a hundred 1

[were] the two hundred 1

a hundred 24

a hundred [children] 1

a hundred [shekels] 1

a hundred [times] 1

a hundred strong 1

a hundredfold 1

about the hundred 1

along with the percentage 1

and 13

and a hundred 4

and of hundreds 7

and the hundred 1

and two hundred 2

as well as their 2

at a hundred 1

by hundreds 1

except a hundred 2

for 2

for a hundred 6

from the 1

hundred 65

hundred [cubits] 2

hundred [men] 3

hundred [shekels] 8

hundred [strong] 1

hundred men 1

hundreds 1

hundredth 2

it was a hundred 2

men 7

more than a hundred 1

of a hundred 3

of hundreds 17

out of [every] hundred 1

the two hundred 1

their units of hundreds 1

thousand 1

took 1

totaled 1

two hundred 7

two hundred [loaves] 1

two hundred [shekels] 1

was 3

was a hundred 2

was a match for a hundred 1

while two hundred 1

will only see a hundred 1

ESV (129)

100 8

200 10

300 1

Two hundred 1

hundred 79

hundred times 1

hundreds 17

hundredth 1

percentage 1

two hundred 10

WEB (580)

* 6

The one hundred 1

Two hundred 1

a hundred 8

a hundred times 1

also one hundred 1

also the hundredth 1

and a hundred 3

and four hundred 1

and hundreds 1

and of hundreds 5

and of one hundred 1

and on them two hundred 1

and one hundred 7

and the hundred 1

and they had two hundred 1

and two hundred 4

and with him one hundred 3

and with him two hundred 5

and with them one hundred 1

are one hundred 1

at two hundred 1

be one hundred 1

being one hundred 4

by hundreds 2

even one hundred 1

even two hundred 1

except one hundred 1

for a hundred 1

for one hundred 4

for the hundred 1

for the one hundred 1

for two hundred 1

him one hundred 1

hundred 306

hundredth 1

in all one hundred 1

of hundreds 14

of hundreds over them 1

of one hundred 5

of the two hundred 1

of them for one hundred 2

of which was a hundred 1

of which was one hundred 11

one 2

one hundred 73

one hundred twenty 1

out of two hundred 1

over hundreds 4

over one hundred 1

seal 1

shall be one hundred 1

shall have a hundred 1

the two hundred 1

to be married to me for one hundred 1

to him who is one hundred 1

to the hundred 1

to the two hundred 1

two hundred 46

was equal to one hundred 1

was one hundred 6

was two hundred 1

weighed one hundred 1

weighing one hundred 1

were a hundred 1

were one hundred 9

were two hundred 5

who has understanding than a hundred 1

with twelve hundred 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1277) a m (מא MA) AC: ? CO: Hundred AB: ?

A) a m (מא MA) AC: ? CO: Hundred AB: ?: Originally an unknowable amount, but also to mean a hundred.

N^f1) e a m (מאה MAH) - Hundred: [Hebrew and Aramaic] [df: hyam] KJV (589): hundred, hundredth, hundredfold - Strongs: H3967 (מֵאיָה), H3969 (מְאָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. מֵאָה₅₈₃ noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI²⁰ מאתן (dual); SI⁵ מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאתמאתם (dual); Assyrian mê (probably, Dl^{§ 75}), Tel Amarna mê-at Wkl^{TelAm 20}*; Arabic

Sabean מאתמאתם Os^{ZMG x. 1856,49}; CIS^{iv. i. 6,4; 46,6}; מאה Eut^{Sin 457}; Ethiopic

; Aramaic מְאָה,

; Palmyrene תלת מאה300Vog^{Palm 6,4}; Nabataean מאה Eut^{Nab 8,9}); — ׳מ Genesis 6:3 144t.; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 30t. (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2 d below); plural absolute מֵאוֺת Genesis 5:9 324t. (מֵאֹת only Genesis 5:4,30); המאיות Kt 2 Kings 11:4 3t. 2 Kings 11; dual מָאתַיִם (תָ֑יִם-) Genesis 11:19 76t. (but 1 Samuel 18:27 read מֵאָה (מְאַת) ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu HPS); — hundred: —

1 as simple number:

a. absolute singular, (I) following by singular of noun enumerated: מֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה Genesis 33:19; Joshua 24:32 (both E); אִישׁ׳מ Judges 7:19; 1 Kings 18:13; 2 Kings 4:43; אַמָּה׳מ 1 Kings 7:2; Ezekiel 40:19 +; כִּכָּר׳מ 2 Kings 23:33; 2 Chronicles 25:6; 27:5; 36:3; Ezra 8:26; אֶלֶף׳מ = 100,000 1 Kings 20:29 6t. Kings Chronicles; compare also Genesis 17:17 (P), 2 Samuel 8:4; Isaiah 65:20 (twice in verse), and followed by collective noun רֶכֶב 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4, צאֹן 1 Kings 5:3; (2) less often followed by plural מֵאָה שְׁעָרִים Genesis 26:12 (J), מְּעָמִים׳מ 2 Samuel 24:3 = 1 Chronicles 21:3, נְבִיאִים׳מ 1 Kings 18:4, etc.; (3) seldom, and late, preceded by plural noun: הָרִמֹּנִים מֵאָה Jeremiah 52:23, אַמּוֺת הַמֵּאָה Ezekiel 42:2, compare Ezra 2:69; 2 Chronicles 3:16; 4:8; 29:32; (4) exceptional is מֵאָה לְכִּכָּרִים כְּלֵי כֶסֶף Ezra 8:26; also, with ellipsis, מֵאָה כֶסֶף Deuteronomy 22:19 (i.e. shekels); מֵאָה קַיִץ 2 Samuel 16:1 (i.e. cakes); (5) מֵאָה without noun enumerated, especially = a hundred (men, persons) Judges 20:10 (twice in verse); Amos 5:3 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:8 (twice in verse) (H), 1 Chronicles 12:14; ׳מ Proverbs 17:10 100(blows), Ecclesiastes 6:3 100(children), Ecclesiastes 8:12 100(times). — On Nehemiah 3:1; Nehemiah 12:39 see below

b. absolute dual, (I) foll, by singular, מָאתַיִם אִישׁ 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 30:10; 2 Samuel 15:11, לֶחֶם׳מ 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1, צִנָּה׳מ 1 Kings 10:16 2 Chronicles 9:15, אֶלֶף׳מ 1 Samuel 15:4 +, שָׁנָה׳מ Genesis 11:23 (P); (2) less often followed by plural שְׁקָלִים׳מ Joshua 7:21 (JE), 2 Samuel 14:26, דְּבֵלִים׳מ 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲנָשִׁים׳מ 1 Samuel 30:21, compare Ezra 8:4; (3) also preceded by plural noun: ׳עִוִּים מ Genesis 32:15, ׳רְחֵלִים מ Genesis 32:15 (E), ׳הָרִמּוֺנִים מ 1 Kings 7:20, compare 1 Chronicles 15:8; 2 Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65; (4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף׳מ Judges 17:4; (5) as predicate, ׳רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ 1 Chronicles 12:32 (33van d. H).

c. absolute plural׃מֵא(וֺ)ת — (1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, Song of Solomon 2Samuel 18:4 (both + thousands); especially ׳שָׂרֵי (הַ)מּ captains of (the) hundreds Exodus 18:21,25 (E), 2 Kings 11:4,9,10,15 +; (2) multiplied, followed by noun enumerated, in singular: אִישׁ׳שְׁלשׁ מ Judges 7:6,300 men, compare Judges 7:7; Judges 7:8; Judges 7:16; Judges 8:4; Exodus 12:27 (E), etc.; שָׁנָה׳אַרְבַּע מ Genesis 15:13 (JE) 400 years; אֶלֶף׳חֲמֵשׁ מ 2 Samuel 24:9 500,000, compare 2 Chronicles 13:17; רֶכֶב׳שֵׁשׁ מ Exodus 14:7 (J) 600 chariots; אִישׁ שְׁבַע׳מ Judges 20:15,16 700 men; חָלָל׳שְׁמֹנֶה מ 2 Samuel 23:8 800 slain; רֶכֶב׳תְּשַׁע מ Judges 4:3,13 900 chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים׳שְׁלשׁ מ Judges 15:4 300 foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת׳חֲמֵשׁ מ Job 1:3 500 she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun ׳מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ 1 Kings 11:3 300 concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2 Chronicles 14:8 etc.; after n.collective ׳בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ 2 Chronicles 35:9; (5) rare is בַּשֶּׁקֶל׳חֲמֵשׁ מ Exodus 30:24 (P); (6) ellipsis of n., כֶּסֶף׳שְׁלשׁ מ Genesis 45:22 (E), etc.

d. construct singular, only followed by singular, and late: מְאַתשָֿׁנָה Genesis 11:10; Genesis 21:5; Genesis 25:7 (all P) + 25t. P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (Dr^{Intr. 124}) (also with other numerals, see

2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100 times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Kö^{ii. 228} compare Ew^{§ 269b. 279 e}). — Nehemiah 5:11 see

3 below

2 as part of larger number:

a. usually preceding tens and units, (1) with noun expressed once, or not at all, earlier usage, usually with וְ before ten if no unit follows, otherwise without וְ before ten (see Kö^{ii. 218 ff.}): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666 talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָהוְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָהמֵאָה שָׁנִיםוְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI^5.6 Da^{Expos. Times. May, 1898}).

b. less often, following tens and units, chiefly late, with וְ repeated: — עֶשְׂרִים וּמֵאָה Numbers 7:86 (P); שֶׁבַע וּשְׁלשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה Exodus 6:16 (P), etc.; with noun after ten and after hundred, חָמֵשׁ וְשִׁשִּׁים שָׁנָה וּשְׁלשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 5:23(P), etc. — On these usages see, further, Kö^{ii. 217 ff.} Da^{Synt. §§ 36 R. 3,37} (d) Ges^{§§ 97,134and} especially Herner^{Synt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).}

3מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (Gei^{Jüd. Zeitschr. viii. 1870,227 Gr}.)

מְאָיוֺת Kt see מֵאָה.

מַאֲכָל, מַאֲכֹ֫לַת, מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת see אבל.

[מַאֲמָץ, מַאֲמַצִּים] see אמץ.

[מַאֲמָר] see אָמַר.

מְאָה noun feminine hundred (see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳מ after noun enumerator, Ezra 6:17; Ezra 7:22 (4t. in verse), so ׳אַרְבַּע מ Ezra 6:17, וְעֶשְׂרִין׳מ Daniel 6:1, and dual מָאתַ֫וִן Ezra 6:17.

מאֹזַנְוָא see אזן. מֵאמַר see אמר.

List of Word Forms

בְּמֵאָ֖ה בְּמֵאָ֣ה בְּמֵאָ֥ה בְּמֵאָה֙ במאה הַ֠מֵּאוֹת הַמֵּא֑וֹת הַמֵּא֔וֹת הַמֵּא֗וֹת הַמֵּא֡וֹת הַמֵּא֣וֹת ׀ הַמֵּאָ֔ה הַמֵּאֽוֹת׃ הַמֵּאוֹת֙ הַמָּאתַ֙יִם֙ הַמֵּאֹ֗ות הַמֵּאֹ֣ות המאה המאות המאות׃ המאתים וְהַמֵּא֑וֹת וְהַמֵּא֔וֹת וְהַמֵּא֖וֹת וְהַמֵּא֜וֹת וְהַמֵּא֡וֹת וְהַמָּאתָ֑יִם וּמְאַ֖ת וּמְאַ֣ת וּמְאַ֨ת וּמְאַת֙ וּמֵ֣אָה וּמֵ֥אָה וּמֵאָ֑ה וּמֵאָ֖ה וּמֵאָ֗ה וּמֵאָ֤ה וּמֵאָ֥ה וּמֵאָ֧ה וּמֵאָ֨ה וּמֵאָֽה׃ וּמֵאָה֙ וּמֵאָה֮ וּמֵאָה־ וּמָאתַ֔יִם וּמָאתַ֖יִם וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙ וּמָאתַ֣יִם וּמָאתַ֧יִם וּמָאתָ֑יִם וּמָאתָֽיִם׃ והמאות והמאתים ומאה ומאה־ ומאה׃ ומאת ומאתים ומאתים׃ לְמֵא֖וֹת לְמֵאָ֣ה לְמֵאָה֙ לִמְאַ֣ת לִמְאַ֥ת לַמֵּאָ֜ה למאה למאות למאת מְאַ֖ת מְאַ֣ת מְאַ֥ת מְאַ֧ת מְאַ֨ת מְאַת֙ מֵ֣אָה מֵ֥אָה מֵֽאָה־ מֵא֑וֹת מֵא֔וֹת מֵא֖וֹת מֵא֗וֹת מֵא֛וֹת מֵא֜וֹת מֵא֣וֹת מֵא֤וֹת מֵא֥וֹת מֵא֧וֹת מֵא֨וֹת מֵאָ֑ה מֵאָ֔ה מֵאָ֖ה מֵאָ֛ה מֵאָ֡ה מֵאָ֣ה מֵאָ֤ה מֵאָ֥ה מֵאָ֧ה מֵאָ֨ה מֵאָֽה־ מֵאָֽה׃ מֵאָה֙ מֵאָה֩ מֵאָה־ מֵאֹ֖ת מֵאֹ֧ת מֵאֽוֹת׃ מֵאוֹת֙ מָאתַ֔יִם מָאתַ֖יִם מָאתַ֙יִם֙ מָאתַ֛יִם מָאתַ֣יִם מָאתַ֤יִם מָאתַ֥יִם מָאתַ֨יִם מָאתָ֑יִם מָאתָֽיִם׃ מאה מאה־ מאה׃ מאות מאות׃ מאת מאתים מאתים׃ bə·mê·’āh bəmê’āh bemeAh ham·mā·ṯa·yim ham·mê·’āh ham·mê·’ō·wṯ hammaTayim hammāṯayim hammê’āh hammê’ōwṯ hammeAh hammeOt lam·mê·’āh lammê’āh lammeAh lə·mê·’āh lə·mê·’ō·wṯ ləmê’āh ləmê’ōwṯ lemeAh lemeot lim’aṯ lim·’aṯ limAt mā·ṯa·yim mā·ṯā·yim maTayim māṯayim māṯāyim mê’āh mê’āh- mə’aṯ mê’ōṯ mê’ōwṯ mê·’āh mê·’āh- mə·’aṯ mê·’ō·wṯ mê·’ōṯ meAh meAt meOt ū·mā·ṯa·yim ū·mā·ṯā·yim ū·mê·’āh ū·mê·’āh- ū·mə·’aṯ umaTayim ūmāṯayim ūmāṯāyim ūmê’āh ūmê’āh- ūmə’aṯ umeAh umeAt vehammaTayim vehammeot wə·ham·mā·ṯā·yim wə·ham·mê·’ō·wṯ wəhammāṯāyim wəhammê’ōwṯ