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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(hundred).
Tower
in
Jerusalem
(
Neh. 3:1; 12:39
1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. (Nehemiah 3:1)
39
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. (Nehemiah 12:39)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
A
tower
in
the
walls of
Jerusalem
when rebuilt by
Nehemiah
.
The word
signifies “a hundred”; but
what
this
refers to, or where the tower was situated, is not known (Neh. 1;
Neh. 12:39
39
And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. (Nehemiah 12:39)
). RV reads Hammeah.
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
3968
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
Me’ah
Phonic:
may-aw’
Meaning:
the same as
3967
; Meah, a tower in Jerusalem
KJV Usage:
Meah
Jackson’s
Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names
:
an hundred
Potts’
Bible Proper Names
:
A hundred:―one of the towers of the wall of Jerusalem, Neh. 3:1. {Centum}