mea · hundred

What it means

mea (מֵאָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “hundred”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
2. Leaders of groups of 100 soldiers.
3. A hundred parts for each one: the harvest multiplied a hundredfold.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Hundred. BDB notes that it is also used as a multiplier (“a hundred times”) and as a fraction. Its dual form makes “two hundred”, and with other numbers, the hundreds.

• The number one hundred, also in ages Genesis 17:17Genesis 5:3
• “Chiefs of hundreds”: a division of the people or the army Exodus 18:21
• As a multiplier: “a hundredfold” Genesis 26:12

Historical and cultural background

In Exodus 18:21 Jethro advises Moses to organize the people with chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens, to judge the smaller matters.

How we translate it

“Hundred” 549 times, “hundreds” 27, “hundredth” 2, “hundredfold” 1. In compound numbers (“one hundred and thirty”, “two hundred”) English joins it to the other figure; “hundreds” renders the plural when it names groups of a hundred men.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• hundred ×549
• hundreds ×27
• hundredth ×2
• hundredfold ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×64
• Exodus×28
• Leviticus×2
• Numbers×96
• Deuteronomy×4
• Joshua×3
• Judges×31
• 1 Samuel×22
• 2 Samuel×19
• 1 Kings×29
• 2 Kings×13
• 1 Chronicles×43
• 2 Chronicles×64
• Ezra×53
• Nehemiah×48
• Esther×7
• Job×3
• Proverbs×1
• Ecclesiastes×2
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×4
• Ezekiel×34
• Daniel×3
• Amos×2

• Genesis 5:3

  And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years and fathered a son in his likeness, according to his image, and called his name Seth.

• Genesis 5:4

  And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years; and he fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:5

  And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

• Genesis 5:6

  And Seth lived one hundred and five years and fathered Enosh.

• Genesis 5:7

  And Seth lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:8

  And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years and he died.

• Genesis 5:10

  And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:11

  And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years and he died.

• Genesis 5:13

  And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalalel eight hundred and forty years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:14

  And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years and he died.

• Genesis 5:16

  And Mahalalel lived after he fathered Jared eight hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:17

  And all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years and he died.

• Genesis 5:18

  And Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years and fathered Enoch.

• Genesis 5:19

  And Jared lived after he fathered Enoch eight hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:20

  And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years and he died.

• Genesis 5:22

  And Enoch walked with Elohim after he fathered Methuselah three hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:23

  And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years.

• Genesis 5:25

  And Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years and fathered Lamech.

• Genesis 5:26

  And Methuselah lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred and eighty-two years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:27

  And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years and he died.

• Genesis 5:28

  And Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and fathered a son.

• Genesis 5:30

  And Lamech lived after he fathered Noah five hundred and ninety-five years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 5:31

  And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years and he died.

• Genesis 5:32

  And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah fathered Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

• Genesis 6:3

  And YHWH said, “My spirit will not remain in the human being forever, for he also is flesh; and his days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

• Genesis 6:15

  And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.

• Genesis 7:6

  And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood came, waters on the earth.

• Genesis 7:11

  In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the springs of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.

• Genesis 7:24

  And the waters prevailed on the earth a hundred and fifty days.

• Genesis 8:3

  And the waters receded from the earth, going and receding; and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters had decreased.

• Genesis 8:13

  And it happened in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the waters dried up from the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and look, the face of the ground had dried.

• Genesis 9:28

  And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

• Genesis 9:29

  And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

• Genesis 11:10

  These are the generations of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old when he fathered Arpachshad, two years after the flood.

• Genesis 11:11

  After he fathered Arpachshad, Shem lived five hundred years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:13

  After he fathered Shelah, Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:15

  After he fathered Eber, Shelah lived four hundred and three years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:17

  After he fathered Peleg, Eber lived four hundred and thirty years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:19

  After he fathered Reu, Peleg lived two hundred and nine years and fathered sons and daughters.

• Genesis 11:21

  After he fathered Serug, Reu lived two hundred and seven years and fathered sons and daughters.

And 539 more times.