Definition

{properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H520 (אַמָּה)

Word family

• אַמָּה ʼammâh

How the KJV renders it

• cubit

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.