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biblical distance
Definition
The following terms are the most common Biblical units that were used to measure distance or the length of something.
- The cubit referred to the length of a man's forearm, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger.
- A stadium (plural, stadia ) referred to a certain footrace that was about 185 meters in length. Some older English versions translated this word as "furlong", which referred to the average length of a plowed field.
- The span or handspan was the width of a man's hand with fingers spread out.
- The "long" cubit is used only in Ezekiel 40-48. It is the length of a normal cubit plus a span. ^ Distance ^ Value ^ Units || cubit | 46 | centimeters || stadia | 185 | meters || span | 23 | centimeters || "long" cubit | 54 | centimeters |How to translate units of measure for distance or length in the Bible: - Keep the Bible term, spelling it in a way that is similar to the way it sounds or is spelled in the Bible. [See Transliterate] - An important reason for keeping the Bible terms is to show that the Bible is true and that people actually used these units of measure during that time period. - If it doesn't work to use the Bible term, then instead, state the same distance or length in terms of a unit of measure that is known. - These methods could be combined, using the Bible term but then also giving the equivalent amount in the text or a note.