In bibical times how much is a cubit?

Answer 1

There are basically 2 opinions and here the are, with references. Hope this helps. {| Search results for: cubit

! Book |- ! Description ! Context | JFB Ge 6:15

Notes for Verse 15 Assuming the cubit to be 21.888 inches, the ark would be five hundred forty-seven feet long, ninety-one feet two inches wide, and forty-seven feet two inches high. JFB Ex 25:10

Notes for Verse 10 -- a coffer or chest, overlaid with gold, the dimensions of which, taking the cubit at eighteen inches, are computed to be three feet nine inches in length, two feet three inches in breadth. JFB 2Ch 3:3

Notes for Verse 3 But there is great difference of opinion about this, some making the cubit eighteen, others twenty-one inches. JFB 2Ch 3:4

Notes for Verse 4 -- This, taking the cubit at eighteen inches, would be one hundred eighty feet; at twenty-one inches, two hundred ten feet; so that the porch would rise in the form of a tower, or two pyramidal towers, whose united height was one hundred twenty cubits, and each of them about ninety or one hundred five feet high [STIEGLITZ]. Smith's N - Noah Taking 21 inches for the cubit, the ark would be 525 feet in length, 87 feet 6 inches in breadth and 52 feet 6 inches in height. Smith's W - Weights and Measures Hence arises the difficulty of determining the ratio of the foot to the CUBIT, (The Hebrew word for the cubit(ammah) appears to have been of Egyptian origin, as some of the measures of capacity (the hin and ephah) certainly were.) which appears as the chief Oriental unit from the very building of Noah's ark. ... Exod 28:16; 1 Sam 17:4; Ezek 43:13 and figuratively Isai 40:12 The data for determining the actual length of the Mosaic cubit involve peculiar difficulties, and absolute certainty seems unattainable. |}

Answer 2

There were possibly THREE types of 'cubits' used in The Bible.

The 'common cubit', used in most measurments, was the distance from a man's elbow to the tip of the middle finger. (Deuteronomy 3:11) equaling about 17.5 inches.

Another larger cubit was also used (which was one 'handbreadth' (or 2.9") longer than the "common" cubit, or about 20.4". (Ezekiel 40:5)

Another was a short cubit (15 "), measuring from the elbow to the knuckles of the clenched hand.(Judges 3:16, footnote).

Answer 3

An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm, this varied from 17 inches to 21 inches.

Answer 4

The cubit was a unit of measurement for length

Answer 5

Around 50 cm.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Two feet