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Strong's G4083 πῆχυς (pechys)

Pechys means “cubit” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4083 — medinah (“province”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4083
Language Greek
Linked Usages 132
Books 25

Strong's G4083 Quick Answer

Strong's G4083 πῆχυς (pechus) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. pechus (pay`-khoos) n. 1. the fore-arm 2. (as a measure) a cubit It has 132 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include cubits, breadth, length, side, and five. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
pechus (pay`-khoos) n. 1. the fore-arm 2. (as a measure) a cubit
Usage
132 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
cubits, breadth, length, side, and five

Meaning and Definition

pechus (pay`-khoos) n. 1. the fore-arm 2. (as a measure) a cubit [of uncertain affinity] KJV: cubit

Original Word
πῆχυς
Transliteration
pechus
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4083. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

cubit/hour

Usage: πῆχυς, -εως genitive pl., -ῶν (for Att.. -εων, see WH, App., 157; Thackeray, Gr., 151; Deiss., BS, 153), [in LXX chiefly and frequently for אַמָּה ;] __1. the forearm (Hom.). __2. As a measure of length, a cubit: Mat.6:27, Luk.12:25, Jhn.21:8, Rev.21:17.† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

cubits breadth length side five height house twenty gate cubit round its

How Strong's G4083 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 122 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4083 (πῆχυς) appears 242 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4083 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4083 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G4083 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

122 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 6:15 Septuagint / Brenton

And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.

Genesis 6:16 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.

Genesis 7:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Fifteen cubits upward was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.

Strong's G4083 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G4083 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4083.

Genesis 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus shalt thou make the ark; three hundred cubits the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height of it.
Genesis 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt narrow the ark in making it, and in a cubit above thou shalt finish it, and the door of the ark thou shalt make on the side; with lower, second, and third stories thou shalt make it.
Genesis 7:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fifteen cubits upward was the water raised, and it covered all the high mountains.
Exodus 25:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the ark of testimony of incorruptible wood; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half, and the height of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 25:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a golden table of pure gold, in length two cubits, and in breadth a cubit, and in height a cubit and a half.
Exodus 26:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and one curtain shall be the breadth of four cubits: there shall be the same measure to all the curtains.
Exodus 26:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The length of one skin thirty cubits, and the breadth of one skin four cubits: there shall be the same measure to the eleven skins.
Exodus 26:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A cubit on this side, and a cubit on that side of that which remains of the skins, of the length of the skins of the tabernacle: it shall be folding over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and that side, that it may cover it.
Exodus 26:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Of ten cubits shalt thou make one post, and the breadth of one post of a cubit and a half.
Exodus 27:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.
Exodus 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a court for the tabernacle, curtains of the court of fine linen spun on the south side, the length of a hundred cubits for one side.
Exodus 27:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus shall there be to the side toward the north curtains of a hundred cubits in length; and their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty of brass, and the rings and the clasps of the pillars, and their sockets overlaid with silver.
Exodus 27:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.
Exodus 27:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the south, curtains of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Exodus 27:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the height of the curtains shall be of fifty cubits for the one side of the gate; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And for the second side the height of the curtains shall be of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a veil for the door of the court, the height of it of twenty cubits of blue linen, and of purple, and spun scarlet, and of fine linen spun with the art of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
Exodus 27:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the length of the court shall be a hundred cubits on each side, and the breadth fifty on each side, and the height five cubits of fine linen spun, and their sockets of brass.
Exodus 30:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make it a cubit in length, and a cubit in breadth: it shall be square; and the height of it shall be of two cubits, its horns shall be of the same piece.
Exodus 37:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits.
Exodus 37:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the west side curtains of fifty cubits, their posts ten and their sockets ten.
Exodus 37:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the east side curtains of fifty cubits of fifteen cubits behind,
Exodus 37:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 37:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And at the second back on this side and on that by the gate of the court, curtains of fifteen cubits, their pillars three and their sockets three;
Exodus 37:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the veil of the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined; the length of twenty cubits, and the height and the breadth of five cubits, made equal to the curtains of the court;
Numbers 35:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the suburbs of the cities which ye shall give to the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward two thousand cubits round about.
Numbers 35:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities as described.
Deuteronomy 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the Rephaim: behold, his bed was a bed of iron; behold, it is in the chief city of the children of Ammon; the length of it is nine cubits, and the breadth of it four cubits, according to the cubit of a man.
Joshua 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But let there be a distance between you and it; ye shall stand as much as two thousand cubits from it. Do not draw nigh to it, that ye may know the way which ye are to go; for ye have not gone the way before.
1 Kingdoms 17:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there went forth a mighty man out of the army of the Philistines, Goliath by name, out of Gath, his height was four cubits and a span.
3 Kingdoms 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was forty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and its height five and twenty cubits.
3 Kingdoms 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was its length according to the breadth of the house in front of the house: and he built the house, and finished it.
3 Kingdoms 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was five cubits broad, and the middle part six, and the third was seven cubits broad; for he formed an interval to the house round about without the house, that they might not touch the walls of the house.
3 Kingdoms 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
3 Kingdoms 6:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
3 Kingdoms 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in extent,
3 Kingdoms 6:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was twenty cubits, and the breadth was twenty cubits, and the height of it was twenty cubits. And he covered it with perfect gold, and he made an altar
3 Kingdoms 6:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
3 Kingdoms 6:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
3 Kingdoms 6:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
was ten cubits, and so was it with the second cherub.
3 Kingdoms 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he cast the two pillars for the porch of the house: eighteen cubits was the height of each pillar, and a circumference of fourteen cubits encompassed it, even the thickness of the pillar: the flutings were four fingers wide, and thus was the other pillar formed.
3 Kingdoms 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made two molten chapiters to put on the heads of the pillars: five cubits was the height of one chapiter, and five cubits was the height of the other chapiter.
3 Kingdoms 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the heads of the pillars he made lily-work against the porch, of four cubits,
3 Kingdoms 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the sea, ten cubits from one rim to the other, the same was completely circular round about: its height was five cubits, and its circumference thirty-three cubits.
3 Kingdoms 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And stays underneath its rim round about compassed it ten cubits round;
3 Kingdoms 7:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made ten brazen bases: five cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth of it, and its height was six cubits.
3 Kingdoms 7:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were axles in the wheels under the base. And the height of one wheel was a cubit and a half.
3 Kingdoms 7:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And on the top of the base half a cubit was the size of it, there was a circle on the top of the base, and there was the top of its spaces and its borders: and it was open at the top of its spaces.
3 Kingdoms 7:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the house with the wood of Lebanon; its length was a hundred cubits, and its breadth was fifty cubits, and its height was of thirty cubits, and it was made with three rows of cedar pillars, and the pillars had side pieces of cedar.
3 Kingdoms 7:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the porch of the pillars, they were fifty cubits long and fifty broad, the porch joining them in front; and the other pillars and the thick beam were in front of the house by the porches.
4 Kingdoms 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, in Beth-shemesh; and he came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, beginning at the gate of Ephraim as far as the gate of the corner, four hundred cubits.
4 Kingdoms 25:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was of brass: and the height of the chapiter was three cubits: the border, and the pomegranates on the chapiter round about were all of brass: and so it was with the second pillar with its border.
2 Chronicles 3:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thus Solomon began to build the house of God: the length in cubits—even the first measurement from end to end, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits.
2 Chronicles 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the portico in front of the house, its length in front of the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and its height a hundred and twenty cubits: and he gilded it within with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built the holy of holies, its length was according to the front of the other house, the breadth of the house was twenty cubits, and the length twenty cubits: and he gilded it with pure gold for cherubs, to the amount of six hundred talents.
2 Chronicles 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.
2 Chronicles 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
2 Chronicles 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
2 Chronicles 3:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also he made in front of the house two pillars, in height thirty-five cubits, and their chapiters of five cubits.
2 Chronicles 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made a brazen altar, the length of it twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, and the height ten cubits.
2 Chronicles 4:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the molten sea, in diameter ten cubits, entirely round, and the height of it five cubits, and the circumference thirty cubits.
2 Chronicles 4:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And beneath it the likeness of calves, they compass it round about: ten cubits compass the laver round about, they cast the calves two rows in their casting,
2 Chronicles 6:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and set it in the midst of the court of the sanctuary; the length of it was five cubits, and the breadth of it five cubits, and the height of it three cubits: and he stood upon it, and fell upon his knees before the whole congregation of Israel, and spread abroad his hands to heaven,
2 Chronicles 25:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joash king of Israel took prisoner Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, in Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he pulled down part of the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits.
Ezra 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;
Nehemiah 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.
Esther 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Haman has also prepared a gallows for Mordecai, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Haman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.
Proverbs 31:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
She reaches forth her arms to needful works, And applies her hands to the spindle.
Jeremiah 52:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the pillars, the height of one pillar was thirty-five cubits; and a line of twelve cubits compassed it round; and the thickness of it all round was four fingers.
Jeremiah 52:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a brazen chapiter upon them, and the length was five cubits, even the height of one chapiter; and there were on the chapiter round about network and pomegranates, all of brass: and correspondingly the second pillar had eight pomegranates to a cubit for the twelve cubits.
Ezekiel 40:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold a wall round about the house without, and in the man’s hand a reed, the measure of it was six cubits by the cubit, and a span: and he measured across the front wall; the breadth was equal to the reed, and the length of it equal to the reed.
Ezekiel 40:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chamber was equal in length to the reed, and equal in breadth to the reed; and the porch between the chambers six cubits; and the second chamber equal in breadth to the reed, and equal in length to the reed, and the porch five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the porch of the gateway (near the porch of the gate) eight cubits; and the posts thereof two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward:
Ezekiel 40:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the breadth of the door of the gateway, ten cubits; and the breadth of the gateway thirteen cubits.
Ezekiel 40:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the space before the chambers was narrowed to a cubit in front of the chambers on this side and on that side: and the chamber was six cubits this way, and six cubits that way.
Ezekiel 40:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the gate from the wall of one chamber to the wall of the other chamber: the breadth was twenty-five cubits, the one gate over against the other gate.
Ezekiel 40:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the open space of the porch of the gate without, was twenty cubits to the chambers round about the gate.
Ezekiel 40:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the open space of the gate without to the open space of the porch of the gate within was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the outer gate inward to the open space of the gate looking outward: a hundred cubits was the distance to the place of the gate looking eastward: and he brought me to the north;
Ezekiel 40:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, three on this side and three on that; and the posts, and the porches, and the palm trees thereof: and they were according to the measures of the gate that looks eastward: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a gate to the inner court looking toward the north gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 40:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And its windows and its porches round about were according to the windows of the porch: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof was five and twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 40:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a gate opposite the gate of the inner court southward: and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits in breadth southward.
Ezekiel 40:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches, according to these measures: and there were windows to it and to the porches round about: its length was fifty cubits, and its breadth twenty-five cubits,
Ezekiel 40:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches according to these measures: and there were windows to it, and porches round about: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth of it twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the chambers, and the posts, and the porches: and it had windows round about, and it had its porches: the length of it was fifty cubits, and the breadth twenty-five cubits.
Ezekiel 40:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were four tables of hewn stone for whole burnt offerings, the breadth of them was a cubit and a half, and the length of them two cubits and a half, and their height was a cubit: on them they shall place the instruments with which they slay there the whole burnt offerings and the victims.
Ezekiel 40:47 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the court, the length whereof was a hundred cubits, and the breadth a hundred cubits, on its four sides; and the altar in front of the house.
Ezekiel 40:48 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the porch of the house; and he measured the post of the porch, the breadth was five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other side; and the breadth of the door was fourteen cubits, and the side pieces of the door of the porch were three cubits on one side, and three cubits on the other side.
Ezekiel 40:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth twelve cubits; and they went up to it by ten steps; and there were pillars to the porch, one on this side and one on that side.
Ezekiel 41:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the temple, the porch of which he measured, six cubits the breadth on one side, and six cubits the breadth of the porch on the other side.
Ezekiel 41:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the breadth of the gateway was ten cubits, and the side pieces of the gateway were five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and he measured the length of it, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 41:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he went into the inner court, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the side pieces of the door, seven cubits on one side, and seven cubits on the other side.
Ezekiel 41:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the length of the doors, forty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, in front of the temple: and he said, This is the holy of holies.
Ezekiel 41:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the wall of the house, six cubits: and the breadth of each side, four cubits round about.
Ezekiel 41:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for the height of the house round about, each space between the sides was equal to a reed of six cubits;
Ezekiel 41:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the breadth of the wall of each side without was five cubits; and the spaces that were left between the sides of the house,
Ezekiel 41:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and between the chambers, were a width of twenty cubits, the circumference of the house.
Ezekiel 41:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the doors of the chambers were toward the space left by the one door that looked northward, and there was one door southward; and the breadth of the remaining open space was five cubits in extent round about.
Ezekiel 41:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the partition wall in front of the remaining space, toward the west, was seventy cubits in breadth; the breadth of the partition wall was five cubits round about, and the length of it ninety cubits.
Ezekiel 41:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured in front of the house a length of a hundred cubits, and the remaining spaces and the partitions; and the walls thereof were in length a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 41:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the breadth in front of the house, and the remaining spaces before it were a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 41:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the length of the partition in front of the space left by the back parts of that house; and the spaces left on this side and on that side were in length a hundred cubits: and the temple and the corners and the outer porch were ceiled.
Ezekiel 41:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a wooden altar, the height of it three cubits, and the length two cubits, and the breadth two cubits; and it had horns, and the base of it and the sides of it were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table, which is before the face of the Lord.
Ezekiel 42:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a hundred cubits in length toward the north, and in breadth fifty,
Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in front of the chambers was a walk ten cubits in breadth, the length reaching to a hundred cubits; and their doors were northward.
Ezekiel 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was light without, corresponding to the chambers of the outer court looking toward the front of the northern chambers; the length of them was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 42:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the length of the chambers looking toward the inner court was fifty cubits, and these are the ones that front the others; the whole was a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 42:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he turned to the north and measured in front of the north side five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel 42:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The four sides he measured by the same reed, and he marked out the house and the circumference of the parts round about, a space of five hundred cubits eastward, and a breadth of five hundred cubits, to make a division between the sanctuary and the outer wall, that belonged to the design of the house.
Ezekiel 43:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the measures of the altar by the cubit of a cubit and a span, the cavity shall be a cubit deep, and a cubit shall be the breadth, and the border on the rim of it round about shall be a span: and this shall be the height of the altar
Ezekiel 43:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
from the bottom at the commencement of the hollow part to this great mercy seat, from beneath was two cubits, and the breadth was a cubit; and from the little mercy seat to the great mercy seat, four cubits, and the breadth was a cubit.
Ezekiel 43:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and above the horns a cubit.
Ezekiel 43:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the altar shall be of the length of twelve cubits, by twelve cubits in breadth, square upon its four sides.
Ezekiel 43:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the mercy seat shall be fourteen cubits in length, by fourteen cubits in breadth on its four sides; and there shall be a border to it carried round about it of half a cubit; and the rim of it shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof looking eastward.
Ezekiel 45:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be a sanctuary out of this, five hundred reeds in length by five hundred in breadth, a square round about; and there shall be a vacant space beyond this of fifty cubits round about.
Ezekiel 46:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
on every side a court, even a court for all the four sides, and each little court belonging to the court was in length forty cubits, and in breadth thirty cubits, there was one measure to the four.
Daniel 3:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In his eighteenth year Nebuchadnezzar the king made a golden image, its height was sixty cubits, its breadth six cubits: and he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4083, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 23 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 47 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G4083 FAQ

What does pechys (πῆχυς) mean?

Pechys (Strong's G4083) is a Greek word most simply glossed "cubit". pechus (pay`-khoos) n. 1. the fore-arm 2. (as a measure) a cubit

How many times is pechys (πῆχυς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 132 linked usages for Strong's G4083 across 25 books.

Where can I study pechys (πῆχυς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4083 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate pechys (πῆχυς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cubits, breadth, length, side, five, and height. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4083 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 122 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G4083, with linked reader references where each row is available.