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Lexicon :: Strong's H3976 - mō'znayim

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מֹאזְנַיִם
Transliteration
mō'znayim
Pronunciation
moz'náyim
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 58a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: מאזנים (Gesenius) מאזן (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

מֹאזֵן môʼzên, mo-zane'; from H239; (only in the dual) a pair of scales:—balances.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H3976 in the following manner: balances (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H3976 in the following manner: balances (15x).

  1. scales, balances

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מֹאזֵן môʼzên, mo-zane'; from H239; (only in the dual) a pair of scales:—balances.
STRONGS H3976: Abbreviations
† [מאזן] noun [masculine] dual balances, scales (Arabic bdb002403, Aramaic (Nasar.) bdb002404) — מאֹזְנַיִם (נָֿ֑יִם) Isaiah 40:15 + 4 times; construct מאֹזְנֵי Leviticus 19:36 + 9 times — balances, for weighing money Jeremiah 32:10 וָאֶשְׁקֹל הַכֶּסֶף בְּמ׳; hair Ezekiel 5:1 (מִשְׁקָל מ׳); שַׁחַק מ׳) Isaiah 40:15 dust of balance, simile of insignificance of nations before י׳; figurative, calamity Job 6:2; men Psalm 62:10; hills Isaiah 40:12 (בַּפֶּלֶס שָׁקַל הָרִים וּגְבָעוֺת בְּמ׳); צֶדֶק א׳ Leviticus 19:36 (|| אַבְנֵיצֿ׳, אֵיפַת צ׳, הִין צ׳), Ezekiel 45:10 (|| אֵיפַתצֿ׳, בַּתצֿ׳) compare Proverbs 16:11 (מִשְׁפָּט וּמ׳ פֶּלָס); figurative Job 31:6 יִשְׁקְלֵנִי בְּמ׳ צֶדֶק; opposed to מִרְמָה מ׳ Proverbs 11:1 (|| אֶבֶן שְׁלֵמָה); Proverbs 20:23 (|| אֶבֶן וָאָ֑בֶן) Amos 8:5 (|| לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה וּלְהַגְדִּיל שֶׁקֶל) Hosea 12:8; רֶשַׁע מ׳ Micah 6:11 (|| אַבְנֵי מִרְמָה).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Leviticus

19:36; 19:36

Job

6:2; 31:6

Psalms

62:10

Proverbs

11:1; 16:11; 20:23

Isaiah

40:12; 40:15; 40:15

Jeremiah

32:10

Ezekiel

5:1; 45:10

Hosea

12:8

Amos

8:5

Micah

6:11

H3976

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3976 matches the Hebrew מֹאזְנַיִם (mō'znayim),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:36 - There shall be among you just balances and just weights and a just liquid measure. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, and take up my griefs in a balance together!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:6 - (for I am weighed in a just balance, and the Lord knows my innocence:)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - (LXX 61:10) But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are [fn]all alike formed out of vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:1 - False balances are an abomination before the Lord: but a just weight is acceptable unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:11 - The poise of the balance is righteousness with the Lord; and his works are righteous measures.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:23 - A double weight is an abomination to the Lord; and a deceitful balance is not good in his sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:12 - Who has measured the water in his hand, and the heaven with a span, and all the earth in a handful? Who has weighed the mountains in scales, and the forests in a balance?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, and shall be counted as spittle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:10 - (LXX 39:10) And I wrote it in a book, and sealed it, and took the testimony of witnesses, and weighed the money in the balance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:1 - And thou, son of man, take thee a sword sharper than a barber's razor; thou shalt procure it for thyself, and shalt bring it upon thine head, and upon thy beard: and thou shalt take a pair of scales, and shalt separate the hair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:10 - Ye shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just chœnix for measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 12:7 - (LXX 12:8) As for Chanaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, When will the month pass away, and we shall sell, and the sabbath, and we shall open the treasure, to make the measure small, and to enlarge the weight, and make the balance unfair?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 6:11 - Shall the wicked be justified by the balance, or deceitful weights in the bag,
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