cubit
Ancient body measure
A cubit is an ancient unit of length based on the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger—roughly 18 inches or 45 centimeters.
The measurement appears frequently in biblical texts: The ark shall be three hundred cubits long.
Noah's ark and Solomon's temple are specified in cubits.
Arm's lower half
- elbowArm's middle joint
- fingertipTerminal phalanx pad
- spanDistance between endpoints
- handbreadthWidth of a hand
fingerbreadth · anthropometric · length · distance · linear · standard · royal · short
Twelfth of a foot
- footLeg's lowest part
- yardLinear measure or grounds
- meterDevice that measures usage
- palmHand's flat interior
digit · fathom · stadium · reed · rod · ell · span · handbreadth
Large rescue vessel
- NoahBiblical vessel builder
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- SolomonPeaceable Hebrew name
- templeSacred worship structure
Moses · Exodus · Goliath · Jerusalem · covenant · Israelites · flood · altar
Apex-topped geometric solids
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- EgyptiansNorth African Arab nation's people
- SumeriansAncient southern Mesopotamian people
- MesopotamiaTigris-Euphrates river region
ziggurats · Babylon · Nile · obelisks · temples · papyrus · surveying · construction
forearm
Arm's lower half
handbreadth · fingerbreadth · anthropometric · length · distance · linear · standard · royal · short · long
inch
Twelfth of a foot
palm · digit · fathom · stadium · reed · rod · ell · span · handbreadth · furlong
ark
Large rescue vessel
temple · Moses · Exodus · Goliath · Jerusalem · covenant · Israelites · flood · altar · Hebrew
pyramids
Apex-topped geometric solids
- hieroglyphsAncient Egyptian picture-writing
- EgyptiansNorth African Arab nation's people
- SumeriansAncient southern Mesopotamian people
Mesopotamia · ziggurats · Babylon · Nile · obelisks · temples · papyrus · surveying · construction · stonecutting
cubitmeter
Device that measures usage
centimeter · kilometer · millimeter · metric units · SI units
cubitlight-year
Astronomical distance measure
parsec · astronomical unit · nanometer · angstrom · micron
- ice cubesSmall frozen water pieces
- sugar cubePressed crystalline sweetener block
- ice cube traySectioned freezer mold
- Rubik's CubeRotating color-matching puzzle
- Rubik cubesRotating block puzzles
- cube rootFactor tripled equals whole