The Definition of the word Cubit

Cubit

Heb. `ammah; i.e., mother of the arm," the fore-arm, is a word" "derived from the Latin cubitus, the lower arm. It is difficult" "to determine the exact length of this measure, from the" uncertainty whether it included the entire length from the elbow "to the tip of the longest finger, or only from the elbow to the" root of the hand at the wrist. The probability is that the longer was the original cubit. The common computation as to the length of the cubit makes it 20.24 inches for the ordinary "cubit, and 21.888 inches for the sacred one. This is the same as" the Egyptian measurements. "A rod or staff the measure of a cubit is called in Judg. 3:16 "gomed, which literally means a "cut," something "cut off." The" "LXX. and Vulgate render it "span."