The Egyptian cubit is about twenty — two inches of the English measure. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Bottom line: A cubit is the distance between some two points, wherever they are in what ever country in whatever period of history -- maybe. From Wordnik.com. [Looking for Old-Time Carpenter to Build Ark...] Reference
It must be remembered, that a cubit is a foot and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)] Reference
(A cubit is the length of a person's fi ngertip to his elbow.). From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
A cubit is the distance from elbow to fingertip; ordinary persons are usually four cubits tall. From Wordnik.com. [The Thirty-two Excellent Signs (Major Marks) of a Buddha's Enlightening Body] Reference
But the Greek term πῆχυς means "cubit", and the next verse conflicts with the translation of adding an hour to one's life. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
'cubit' an Englishman calls a 'foot,' but the result is pretty nearly the same. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John] Reference
Rome with water, delivering 40 millions of cubit feet daily. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
"Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature?". From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?. From Wordnik.com. [Types of Children's Literature] Reference
And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 49: Luke The Challoner Revision] Reference
And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature one cubit?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision] Reference
I saw likewise other fishes about a cubit in length, that had heads like owls. From Wordnik.com. [The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01] Reference
And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life?. From Wordnik.com. [Leaves of Life For Daily Inspiration] Reference
The beds are there a cubit wide, but only four rows of canes are planted in each. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The length of one board was ten cubits; and the breadth was one cubit and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Let every one of them be ten cubits in length, and in breadth one cubit and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
It shall be a cubit in length, and another in breadth, that is, four square, and two in height. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
"And having given him the span, thou didst yield him the cubit also when he asked it?" he surmised. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
The traveler is to halt at about every other step, and so measure off the journey in four-cubit stages. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
Weeds must be removed as they spring; and when the plants are about a cubit high, the field must be ploughed. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
SOCRATES: And what art makes each of us agree with himself about the comparative length of the span and of the cubit?. From Wordnik.com. [Alcibiades I] Reference
He made also the table of setim wood, in length two cubits, and in breadth one cubit, and in height it was a cubit and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Thou shalt make a table also of setim wood, of two cubits in length, and a cubit in breadth, and a cubit and a half in height. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Odysseus with his sword dug a trench, a cubit in length and breadth, and poured about it a libation of mead and water and wine. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Odyssey] Reference
A man can as soon, by taking thought, add a cubit to his stature as a woman take five years from her appearance by "dressing young.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859] Reference
The first element of discord to be considered is the division of things by personal proportion, as by fathom, yard, cubit, foot, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference
The shepherd had a handkerchief round his head, a grey woollen blanket tied like a hood, and a six-cubit piece of cloth round his loins. From Wordnik.com. [Old Daniel] Reference
That didn't at first sight seem much to point, supposing even the united cubit measurement of the worthy tradesmen exceeded twelve feet. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 21, 1892] Reference
He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 02: Exodus The Challoner Revision] Reference
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