 | Stefan Rebenich - Biography & Autobiography - 2002 - 228 pages
...OLD 2116, sv 19 Cf. Verg. Aen. 2.204. 20 Cf. Sen. Troad. 510-12 and Hagendahl (1958) 118. 21 That is the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger (about a foot and a half = 444 mm). 22 A similiar story is to be found in Xenophon of Ephesus (4.6),... | |
 | Choon Leong Seow - Religion - 2003 - 220 pages
...unknown location) of a giant "golden image," 60 cubits high and 6 cubits wide. Given that a cubit is the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger of an adult male, a span of about 17.5 inches, the image would have been about 90 feet tall and 9 feet... | |
 | Patricia K. Tull - Religion - 2003 - 110 pages
...pervasive in the A cubit was the standard ancient Near Eastern linear measure. Theoretically it encompassed the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, about 1 7.5 to 20 inches. From Paul J. Achtemeier, ed., HarperCollins Bible Dictionary, rev. ed. (New... | |
 | Edward C. K. Mullan - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2014 - 262 pages
...Germany C^ c Italy o U Other k. In the Bible there is a unit of measurement called the cubit. This is the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. To get an idea of what this length is, a survey is done with 80 people. Copy and complete the frequency... | |
 | Wendy Salyers - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2003 - 116 pages
...would live after them. The Hebrew unit of measure was the "cubit"— which was commonly measured as the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger— about 18 inches. The Floating Box Noah and his family were kept safe on an "ark" — the word means... | |
 | Ajit Kalra, James Stamell - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 458 pages
...the end of the thumb and the end of the little finger when both are outstretched, 22.9 cm ® Cubit: the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, 45.7 cm ® Fathom: the distance between a man's outstretched fingertips, traditionally 6 feet (1.83m)... | |
 | Ajit Kalra, James Stamell - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 616 pages
...the end of the thumb and the end of the little finger when both are outstretched, 22.9 cm ® Cubit: the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, 45.7 cm ® Fathom: the distance between a man's outstretched fingertips, traditionally 6 feet (1.83m)... | |
 | Betty M. Adelson - History - 2005 - 482 pages
...them as smaller than the smallest persons who ever lived. The cubit, an early unit of measurement, was the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, a distance of between seventeen and twenty-two inches. The shortest man whose height has been authenticated... | |
 | Ronald H. Isaacs - Religion - 2006 - 188 pages
...in the desert. They compare the rock of Meribah to Jesus himself. 30. What is a cubit? A cubit was the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger of a grown man. It was the standard measure of length among the Hebrews. The standard cubit was approximately... | |
 | John M. Henshaw - Computers - 2006 - 254 pages
...enough idea of the size of the Ark to enable Noah to do his job. That is, by measuring the Ark in cubits (the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger— and thus not a very accurate unit of measure), Noah ensured himself that he was doing God's will, and... | |
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For a person of average height, it is equal to about the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, plus a hand's-breadth, the former distance being the natural cubit (for a person of such height). 
