Definition

properly, extent, i.e. height; also a measure; by implication, a vesture (as measured); also a carpet

Etymology

or מֵד; from H4058 (מָדַד);

Where the KJV renders it

• armour
• clothes
• garment
• judgment
• measure
• raiment
• stature

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.