Strong's Definition
a primitive root: properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended
KJV Usage: measure, mete, stretch self
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָדַד (ma.dad) — to measure. 1) to measure, stretch 1a) (Qal) to measure 1b) (Niphal) to be measured 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to extend, continue 1c2) to measure, measure off 1d) (Po) measured 1e) (Hithpolel) to extend oneself, stretch oneself Also means: mid.dad (מָדַד "to extend" H4059)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַד · מִדָּה · מָדוּ · מֵמַד
Measure | verb qal, verb nif | ≈ ספר · מִשְׁקָל · תכן
to measure = action by which humans or deities ascertain the size or quantity of something by comparing it with a standard unit or with an object of known size
EXO 16:18 · DEU 21:2 · ISA 40:12 · JER 31:37 · JER 33:22 · EZK 40:5 · EZK 40:6 · EZK 40:8 · EZK 40:9 · EZK 40:11 · EZK 40:13 · EZK 40:19 · EZK 40:20 · EZK 40:23 · EZK 40:24 · EZK 40:27 · EZK 40:28 · EZK 40:32 · EZK 40:35 · EZK 40:47 · EZK 40:48 · EZK 41:1 · EZK 41:2 · EZK 41:3 · EZK 41:4 · EZK 41:5 · EZK 41:13 · EZK 41:15 · EZK 42:15 · EZK 42:16 · EZK 42:17 · EZK 42:18 · EZK 42:19 · EZK 42:20 · EZK 43:10 · HOS 2:1 · HAB 3:6 · ZEC 2:6
Non-Whole | verb qal, verb pi
to measure off, to measure out = causative action by which humans mark off part of a larger unit for a certain purpose
NUM 35:5 · RUT 3:15 · 2SA 8:2 · 2SA 8:2 · EZK 45:3 · EZK 47:3 · EZK 47:4 · EZK 47:4 · EZK 47:5 · EZK 47:18
Chastise | verb qal
Collocation: מדד עַל־חֵיק
to pay back literally: to measure out on (someone's) lap; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to receive the appropriate return for their evil actions, which are mostly evil
Non-Whole | verb pi | ≈ חלק
to divide up, to parcel out literally: to measure off; hence: = action by which deities divide an object into portions in order to share them out among different parties
Endure | verb pi
to last, to drag on = process by which a certain condition lasts longer than expected or hoped
Stance | verb hit
stretching oneself out = action by which humans straighten their body to its full length
1 EZK 43:10 NJPS NRSV ESV | NIV "consider" GNT "study" CEV "think" | NJB "draw up" | RSV "and its appearance" = ומראהו 2 HAB 3:6 MT RSV ESV | NIV NRSV CEV "shook" NJPS "makes ... shake" REB GNT "shakes" = מוד
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מָדַד 53 vb. measure Qal measure of length, distance
of dry measure
fig. of measuring waters; of requital
Niph. be measured
Pi. extend, continue (= make extent or continuation)
measure, measure off
Po. measured
Hithpo. measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy
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