Definition

properly, extension, i.e. height or breadth; also a measure (including its standard); hence a portion (as measured) or a vestment; specifically, tribute (as measured)

Etymology

feminine of H4055 (מַד);

Where the KJV renders it

• garment
• measure(-ing
• meteyard
• piece
• size
• (great) stature
• tribute
• wide

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

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