קוֹמָהqôwmâh

height

Pronunciation: ko-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6967

Meanings

1. height, stature, of person (1 Samuel 16:7; Ezekiel 13:18; Song of Solomon 7:8)

2. of tree (2 Kings 19:23; Isaiah 37:24; Isaiah 10:33)

3. of artificial structures (1 Kings 6:2; 1 Kings 6:1-200; 1 Kings 7:1-200)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 45 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 6:15 Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.
  • Exodus 25:10 “Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
  • Exodus 25:23 “Then make a table of acacia wood, 36 inches long, 18 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
  • Exodus 27:1 “Using acacia wood, construct a square altar 7 1⁄2 feet wide, 7 1⁄2 feet long, and 4 1⁄2 feet high.
  • Exodus 27:18 So the entire courtyard will be 150 feet long and 75 feet wide, with curtain walls 7 1⁄2 feet high, made from finely woven linen. The bases for the posts will be made of bronze.
  • Exodus 30:2 Make it 18 inches square and 36 inches high, with horns at the corners carved from the same piece of wood as the altar itself.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).