{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4058",
  "lemma": "מָדַד",
  "transliteration": "mâdad",
  "definition": "properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended",
  "kjv": "measure, mete, stretch self.",
  "occurrences": 51,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מָדַד 53 vb. measure",
    "Qal",
    "1. measure of length, distance",
    "2. of dry measure",
    "3. fig. of measuring waters; of requital",
    "Niph. be measured",
    "Pi.",
    "1. extend, continue (= make extent or continuation)",
    "2. measure, measure off",
    "Po. measured",
    "Hithpo. measured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 16:18",
      "text": "When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/16?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 35:5",
      "text": "You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand cubits, and for the south side two thousand…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/35?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 21:2",
      "text": "then your elders and your judges shall come out, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him who is slain.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/21?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 8:2",
      "text": "He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/8?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 17:21",
      "text": "He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to the LORD and said, “LORD my God, please let this child’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/17?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 40:12",
      "text": "Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and marked off the sky with his span, and calculated the dust of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/40?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 65:7",
      "text": "your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers together”, says the LORD, “who have burned incense on the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/65?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 31:37",
      "text": "The LORD says: “If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/31?v=37"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 33:22",
      "text": "As the army of the sky can’t be counted, and the sand of the sea can’t be measured, so I will multiply the offspring of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/33?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 40:5",
      "text": "Behold, there was a wall on the outside of the house all around, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/40?v=5"
    }
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