Quick Definition
to weigh
Strong's Definition
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.
TWOT Reference: 2454
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to weigh
1a2) to weigh out (a price)
1a3) of grief (fig)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be weighed
1b2) to be weighed out
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to weigh
1a2) to weigh out (a price)
1a3) of grief (fig)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be weighed
1b2) to be weighed out
Aramaic equivalent: te.qal (תְּקַל "to weigh" H8625A)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַל
shâqal
BDB Definition:
1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to weigh
1a2) to weigh out (a price)
1a3) of grief (figuratively)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be weighed
1b2) to be weighed out
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2454
Total KJV Occurrences: 21