H3976 - מֹאזֵן (môʼzên)

H3976 מֹאזֵן (môʼzên) mo-zane'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

balance

Strong's Definition

(only in the dual) a pair of scales

Derivation: from H239 (אָזַן);

KJV Usage: balances.

TWOT Reference: 58a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) scales, balances

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2218

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

scales, balances Aramaic equivalent: mo.zen (מֹאזֵנְיָא "scale" H3977)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מֹאזֵן môzên BDB Definition: 1) scales, balances Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H239 Same Word by TWOT Number: 58a Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (15)

19:36

6:2 31:6

62:9

11:1 16:11 20:23

40:12 40:15

32:10

5:1 45:10

12:7

8:5

6:11

Leviticus 19:36

You shall maintain honest scales [and] weights, an honest ephah, [and] an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Job 6:2

If only my grief could be weighed... and placed with my calamity on the scales.

Job 31:6

let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

Honest scales and balances [are from] the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.

Proverbs 20:23

Unequal weights... are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?

Isaiah 40:15

Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are considered... a speck of dust on the scales; He lifts up the islands like fine dust.