מַד
mad · mad
properly, extent, i.e. height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpet
Lexicon
Derivation: or מֵד; from H4058 (מָדַד);
properly, extent, i.e. height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpet
- properly, extent, i.e. height
- also, a measure
- by implication, a vesture (as measured)
- also, a carpet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: armour, clothes, garment, judgment, measure, raiment, stature.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַד above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- garment2 · 17%
- it under his raiment1 · 8%
- in judgment1 · 8%
- with his clothes1 · 8%
- with his armour1 · 8%
- upon his armour1 · 8%
- and his garments1 · 8%
- of great stature1 · 8%
- the measure1 · 8%
- like as with his garment1 · 8%
- of thy measures1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.