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cubits

Meaning of “cubits”

Units of length used to state height, width, depth, or distance in biblical measurements.

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First occurrence: Genesis 6:15

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Ezekiel 43:15
So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 43:15 · retained source text

So the Altar shalbe foure cubites, and from the altar and vpward shalbe foure hornes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Marel, that is, the Mountaine of God.

1611 marginal noteHebr. Ariel, that is, the Lyon of God.

Ezekiel 43:16
And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 43:16 · retained source text

And the altar shalbe twelue cubites long, twelue broad, square in the foure squares thereof.

Ezekiel 43:17
And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 43:17 · retained source text

And the settle shall bee fourteene cubites long, and fourteene broad in the foure squares thereof, and the border about it shalbe halfe a cubite, and the bottome thereof shall be a cubite about, and his staires shall looke toward the East.

Ezekiel 45:2
Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 45:2 · retained source text

Of this there shal be for the Sanctuarie fiue hundreth in length, with fiue hundreth in bredth, square round about, and fiftie cubites round about, for the suburbs thereof.

1611 marginal noteOr, void places.

Ezekiel 46:22
In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 46:22 · retained source text

In the foure corners of the court there were courts ioyned of fourtie cubits long, and thirtie broad: these foure corners were of one measure.

1611 marginal noteOr, made with chimneys.

1611 marginal noteHeb. cornered.

Ezekiel 47:3
And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ancles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 47:3 · retained source text

And when the man that had the line in his hand, went forth Eastward, he measured a thousand cubites, and he brought me through the waters: the waters were to the ancles.

1611 marginal noteHeb. waters of the ancles.

Daniel 3:1
NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Daniel 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Nebuchad-nezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and y e breadth thereof sixe cubites: he set it vp in the plaine of Dura, in the prouince of Babylon.

Zechariah 5:2
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 5:2 · retained source text

And hee said vnto mee, What seest thou? and I answered, I see a flying roule, the length thereof is twentie cubites, and the breadth thereof tenne cubites.

John 21:8
And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · John 21:8 · retained source text

And the other disciples came in a litle ship (for they were not farre from land, but as it were two hundred cubites) dragging the net with fishes.

Revelation 21:17
And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Revelation 21:17 · retained source text

And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred, and fourtie, and foure cubites, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the Angel.

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