Word Forms
These forms come from “cubit” and change to fit the sentence.
- cubitbase form
- cubitsplural
cubit
WEB 260 appearances
KJV 258 appearances
A cubit is an old way to measure length. It was about the distance from a person's elbow to the tip of their longest finger, or about 18 inches.
Biblical Usage
The Bible uses this word to describe the size of things. People used cubits to measure buildings, ships, and furniture like Noah's ark or the holy chest.
WEB Representative Scriptures
“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.Exodus 25:10 (WEB)
You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.Genesis 6:16 (WEB)
Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length; and he wore it under his clothing on his right thigh.Judges 3:16 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half.Exodus 36:21 (KJV)
But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh.Judges 3:16 (KJV)
And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.Ezekiel 42:4 (KJV)