מָדַד
mâdad · maw-dad'
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
- properly, to stretch
- by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line)
- figuratively, to be extended
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: measure, mete, stretch self.
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
- 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 › the doorway, the way in
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָדַד 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
51 occurrences · 51 OT · 0 NT · 33 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- he measured8 · 16%
- and measured7 · 14%
- and he measured7 · 14%
- so he measured4 · 8%
- measured2 · 4%
- and mete out2 · 4%
- again he measured2 · 4%
- and when they did mete1 · 2%
- and ye shall measure1 · 2%
- and they shall measure1 · 2%
- it, he measured1 · 2%
- and he stretched1 · 2%
- who hath measured1 · 2%
- therefore will i measure1 · 2%
- can be measured1 · 2%
- thereof, and measured1 · 2%
- then measured1 · 2%
- then he measured1 · 2%
- on the other side: and he measured1 · 2%
- after he measured1 · 2%
- and let them measure1 · 2%
- shalt thou measure1 · 2%
- afterward he measured1 · 2%
- ye shall measure1 · 2%
- which cannot be measured1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
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.