מֵאָה
me.ahhundredHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine578 occurrences25 books510 verses
Definition
or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
Traditional renderings: hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
Traditional renderings: hundred((-fold), -th), sixscore.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מֵאָה:
- ἑκατόνhekaton“hundred”51%
- διακόσιοιdiakosioi“two hundred”15%
- πεντακόσιοιpentakosioi“five hundred”10%
- ἑξακόσιοιhexakosioi“six hundred”6%
- πῆχυςpēchus“cubit/hour”4%
- τριακόσιοιtriakosioi“three hundred”3%
- τετρακόσιοιtetrakosioi“four hundred”3%
- τετρακισχίλιοιtetrakischilioi“four thousand”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
578 total
- Numbers 7:73וּמֵאָה֮His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:79וּמֵאָה֮His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
- Numbers 7:85וּמֵאָ֗ה; מֵא֖וֹת · hundred [shekels]Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each silver bowl seventy shekels. The total weight of the silver articles was two thousand four hundred shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel.
- Numbers 7:86וּמֵאָֽה׃ · [was] a hundredThe twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes was a hundred and twenty shekels.
- Numbers 11:21מֵא֥וֹתBut Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
- Numbers 16:2וּמָאתָ֑יִם…a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.
- Numbers 16:17וּמָאתַ֖יִםEach man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—250 censers. You and Aaron are to present your censers as well.”
- Numbers 16:35וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
- Numbers 16:49מֵא֑וֹתBut those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
- Numbers 26:7מֵא֖וֹתThese were the clans of Reuben, and their registration numbered 43,730.
- Numbers 26:10וּמָאתַ֙יִם֙And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them along with Korah, whose followers died when the fire consumed 250 men. They serve as a warning sign.
- Numbers 26:14וּמָאתָֽיִם׃ס · men.These were the clans of Simeon, and there were 22,200 men.
- Numbers 26:18מֵאֽוֹת׃סThese were the clans of Gad, and their registration numbered 40,500.
- Numbers 26:22מֵאֽוֹת׃סThese were the clans of Judah, and their registration numbered 76,500.
- Numbers 26:25מֵאֽוֹת׃סThese were the clans of Issachar, and their registration numbered 64,300.
- Numbers 26:27מֵאֽוֹת׃סThese were the clans of Zebulun, and their registration numbered 60,500.
- Numbers 26:34מֵאֽוֹת׃סThese were the clans of Manasseh, and their registration numbered 52,700.
- Numbers 26:37מֵא֑וֹתThese were the clans of Ephraim, and their registration numbered 32,500. These clans were the descendants of Joseph.
- Numbers 26:41מֵאֽוֹת׃סThese were the clans of Benjamin, and their registration numbered 45,600.
- Numbers 26:43מֵאֽוֹת׃סAll of them were Shuhamite clans, and their registration numbered 64,400.
- Numbers 26:47מֵאֽוֹת׃סThese were the clans of Asher, and their registration numbered 53,400.
- Numbers 26:50מֵאֽוֹת׃These were the clans of Naphtali, and their registration numbered 45,400.
- Numbers 26:51מֵא֥וֹת; מֵא֖וֹתThese men of Israel numbered 601,730 in all.
- Numbers 31:14הַמֵּא֔וֹת · of hundredsBut Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.
- Numbers 31:28הַמֵּא֑וֹת · hundredSet aside a tribute for the LORD from what belongs to the soldiers who went into battle: one out of every five hundred, whether persons, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
- Numbers 31:32מֵא֥וֹת…and this plunder remained from the spoils the soldiers had taken: 675,000 sheep,
- Numbers 31:36מֵא֥וֹת; מֵאֽוֹת׃This was the half portion for those who had gone to war: 337,500 sheep,
- Numbers 31:37מֵא֖וֹת…including a tribute to the LORD of 675,
- Numbers 31:39מֵא֑וֹת…30,500 donkeys, including a tribute to the LORD of 61,
- Numbers 31:43מֵא֥וֹת; מֵאֽוֹת׃…this half belonged to the congregation: 337,500 sheep,
- Numbers 31:45מֵאֽוֹת׃…30,500 donkeys,
- Numbers 31:48הַמֵּאֽוֹת׃ · and of hundredsThen the officers who were over the units of the army—the commanders of thousands and of hundreds—approached Moses
- Numbers 31:52מֵא֥וֹת; הַמֵּאֽוֹת׃ · and of hundredsAll the gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds presented as an offering to the LORD weighed 16,750 shekels.
- Numbers 31:54וְהַמֵּא֑וֹת · and of hundredsAnd Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD.
- Numbers 33:39וּמְאַ֖תAaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor.
- Deuteronomy 1:15מֵא֗וֹת · of hundredsSo I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 22:19מֵ֣אָה · a hundred [shekels]They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
- Deuteronomy 31:2מֵאָה֩ · a hundred…he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
- Deuteronomy 34:7מֵאָ֧ה · a hundredMoses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Joshua 7:21וּמָאתַ֧יִם · two hundredWhen I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
- Joshua 24:29מֵאָ֥ה · of 110Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- Joshua 24:32בְּמֵאָ֣ה · for a hundredAnd the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up out of Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the plot of land that Jacob had purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver. So it became an inheritance for Joseph’s descendants.
- Judges 2:8מֵאָ֥ה · of 110And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of 110.
- Judges 3:31מֵא֣וֹת · hundredAfter Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
- Judges 4:3מֵא֤וֹת · hundredThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and he had harshly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years.