3967. meah or meyah
Strong's Concordance
meah or meyah: hundred
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: meah or meyah
Phonetic Spelling: (may-aw')
Short Definition: hundred
Brown-Driver-Briggs
I. מֵאָה583 noun feminine hundred (Late Hebrew id.; MI20 מאתן (dual); SI5 מאת, מאתים (dual); Phoenician מאת מאתם (dual); Assyrian (probably, Dl§ 75), Tel Amarna mê-at WklTelAm 20*; Arabic Sabean מאת מאתם OsZMG x. 1856, 49; CISiv. i. 6, 4; 46, 6; מאה EutSin 457; Ethiopic ; Aramaic מְאָה, ; Palmyrene תלת מאה300VogPalm 6, 4; Nabataean מאה EutNab 8, 9); — ׳מ Genesis 6:3 144t.; construct מְאַת Genesis 5:3 30t. (on מְאַת Ecclesiastes 8:12 see 2d 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; 2Chronicles 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; 2Chronicles 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 2Chronicles 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; 2Chronicles 29:32; Ezra 2:65; (4) with ellipsis כֶּסֶף ׳מ Judges 17:4; (5) as predicate, ׳רָאשֵׁיהֶם מ1Chron 12:32 (33 van d. H).

c. absolute plural ׃מֵא(וֺ)ת — (1) alone, = hundreds, לְמֵאוֺת 1 Samuel 29:2 by hundreds, so 2 Samuel 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 700men; חָלָל ׳שְׁמֹנֶה מ 2 Samuel 23:8 800slain; רֶכֶב ׳תְּשַׁע מ Judges 4:3,13 900chariots; (3) less often followed by plural noun: שׁוּעָלִים ׳שְׁלשׁ מ Judges 15:4 300foxes; אֲתוֺנוֺת ׳חֲמֵשׁ מ Job 1:3 500she-asses, etc.; (4) rare, and chiefly late, after plural noun ׳מִּלַגְשִׁים שְׁלשׁ מ 1 Kings 11:3 300concubines, compare 1 Kings 7:42 2Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:42; 2Chron 14:8 etc.; after n.collective ׳בָּקָר חֲמֵשׁ מ2Chronicles 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) + 25 t. P, 1 Chronicles 25:9; Esther 1:4 (DrIntr. 124) (also with other numerals, see

2 below); מְאַ֖ת Ecclesiastes 8:12 100times (מֵאָה מְּעָמִיםׅ, sc. מַּעַם, or perhaps only apparently construct (Köii. 228 compare Ew§ 269 b. 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 Köii. 218 ff.): מֵאָה וְעֶשֶׂר שָׂרִים Judges 2:8; שִׁשִּׁים וָשֵׁשׁ כִּכָּר שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת 1 Kings 10:14 666talents, etc. (exceptions are Nehemiah 7:24 and Nehemiah 7:31); (2) chiefly late, with noun and וְ repeated: שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה מֵאָה שָׁנִים וְשֶׁבַע Genesis 23:1 (P) (compare ואלף אמה ומאת אמה SI5.6 DaExpos. 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, Köii. 217 ff. DaSynt. §§ 36 R. 3, 37 (d) Ges §§ 97, 134 and especially HernerSynt. d. Zahlw-rter im AT (1893).

3 מְאַת הַכֶּסֶף Nehemiah 5:11 = a hundredth part of the money; but read quite possibly מַשַּׁאת the debt (GeiJüd. 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 (4 t. 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
hundredfold

Or metyah {may-yaw'}; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction -- hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.

Forms and Transliterations
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
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578 Occurrences


bə·mê·’āh — 5 Occ.
ham·mā·ṯa·yim — 1 Occ.
ham·mê·’āh — 1 Occ.
ham·mê·’ō·wṯ — 16 Occ.
lam·mê·’āh — 1 Occ.
lə·mê·’āh — 2 Occ.
lə·mê·’ō·wṯ — 2 Occ.
lim·’aṯ — 2 Occ.
mā·ṯa·yim — 46 Occ.
mê·’āh — 100 Occ.
mə·’aṯ — 13 Occ.
mê·’ōṯ — 304 Occ.
ū·mā·ṯa·yim — 28 Occ.
ū·mê·’āh — 34 Occ.
ū·mə·’aṯ — 16 Occ.
wə·ham·mā·ṯā·yim — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·mê·’ō·wṯ — 6 Occ.

Genesis 5:3
HEB: אָדָ֗ם שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּמְאַת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: had lived one hundred and thirty
KJV: lived an hundred and thirty
INT: Adam and thirty hundred years became

Genesis 5:4
HEB: שֵׁ֔ת שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: were eight hundred years,
KJV: were eight hundred years:
INT: of Seth were eight hundred years the father

Genesis 5:5
HEB: חַ֔י תְּשַׁ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים
NAS: were nine hundred and thirty
INT: age were nine hundred years and thirty

Genesis 5:6
HEB: חָמֵ֥שׁ שָׁנִ֖ים וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד
NAS: Seth lived one hundred and five years,
INT: and five years hundred years and became

Genesis 5:7
HEB: שָׁנִ֔ים וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: lived eight hundred and seven years
INT: years eight hundred years the father

Genesis 5:8
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
NAS: were nine hundred and twelve
INT: years were nine hundred years died

Genesis 5:10
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: lived eight hundred and fifteen years
INT: years eight hundred years the father

Genesis 5:11
HEB: שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
NAS: were nine hundred and five
INT: years were nine hundred years died

Genesis 5:13
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: lived eight hundred and forty years
INT: years eight hundred years the father

Genesis 5:14
HEB: שָׁנִ֔ים וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
NAS: were nine hundred and ten
INT: years were nine hundred years died

Genesis 5:16
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: lived eight hundred and thirty years
INT: years eight hundred years the father

Genesis 5:17
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
NAS: were eight hundred and ninety-five
INT: years were eight hundred years died

Genesis 5:18
HEB: וְשִׁשִּׁ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד
NAS: lived one hundred and sixty-two
KJV: lived an hundred sixty
INT: sixty years hundred years and became

Genesis 5:19
HEB: חֲנ֔וֹךְ שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: lived eight hundred years after
KJV: Enoch eight hundred years, and begat
INT: of Enoch eight hundred years the father

Genesis 5:20
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
NAS: were nine hundred and sixty-two
INT: years were nine hundred years died

Genesis 5:22
HEB: מְתוּשֶׁ֔לַח שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: with God three hundred years after
KJV: three hundred years,
INT: of Methuselah three hundred years the father

Genesis 5:23
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָֽה׃
NAS: were three hundred and sixty-five
INT: years were three hundred years

Genesis 5:25
HEB: וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד
NAS: lived one hundred and eighty-seven
INT: and eighty-seven years hundred years and became

Genesis 5:26
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: seven hundred and eighty-two
INT: years seven hundred years the father

Genesis 5:27
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּתְשַׁ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
NAS: were nine hundred and sixty-nine
INT: years were nine hundred years died

Genesis 5:28
HEB: וּשְׁמֹנִ֛ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּמְאַ֣ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֖וֹלֶד
NAS: lived one hundred and eighty-two
INT: and eighty-two years hundred years and became

Genesis 5:30
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וַחֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵאֹ֖ת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֥וֹלֶד
NAS: five hundred and ninety-five
INT: years five hundred years the father

Genesis 5:31
HEB: שָׁנָ֔ה וּשְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּמֹֽת׃
NAS: were seven hundred and seventy-seven
INT: years were seven hundred years died

Genesis 5:32
HEB: בֶּן־ חֲמֵ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה וַיּ֣וֹלֶד
NAS: Noah was five hundred years old,
KJV: And Noah was five hundred years old:
INT: old was five hundred years became

Genesis 6:3
HEB: וְהָי֣וּ יָמָ֔יו מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֖ים שָׁנָֽה׃
NAS: nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty
KJV: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty
INT: become his days hundred and twenty years

578 Occurrences

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