מָדַד (mādad) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning measure. It appears
1 time
in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4059).
Also rendered
to extend
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1146)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1146)measure; be measured; extend, continue, measure off; himself; stretch, stretching, be extended, flight; mete, stretch self, be gone
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָדַדverb: measure
Qal
1.measure of length, distance
2.of dry measure
3.figuratively of measuring waters; of requital
Niphalbe measured
Piel
1.extend, continue (= make extent or continuation)
2.measure, measure off
Polelmeasured
Hithpolelmeasured (= extended, stretched) himself upon the boy
Strong's H4058מָדַד: properly, to stretch; by implication, to measure (as if by stretching a line); figuratively, to be extended KJV:measure, mete, stretch self.
Strong's H4059מִדַּד: flight KJV:be gone.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.