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Lexicon :: Strong's H5429 - sᵊ'â

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סְאָה
Transliteration
sᵊ'â
Pronunciation
seh-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to define
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TWOT Reference: 1452

Strong’s Definitions

סְאָה çᵉʼâh, seh-aw'; from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain:—measure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H5429 in the following manner: measure (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H5429 in the following manner: measure (9x).

  1. seah, a measure of flour or grain

    1. probably equal to 1/3 ephah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סְאָה çᵉʼâh, seh-aw'; from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain:—measure.
STRONGS H5429: Abbreviations
† סְאָה noun feminine (see below) se'āh, a measure of flour, grain, etc. (√ unknown; perhaps foreign word; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סְאָה, סָאתָא, bdb068405, bdb068406, bdb068407 (Greek σάτον, LewyFremdwörter 116 f.)); — absolute סְאָהֿ 2 Kings 7:1, 16, וּסֳאָהֿ 2 Kings 7:18 (Baer Ginsb compare Ges§ 10h); dual סָאתַיִם 1 Kings 18:32 + 3 times; plural סְאִים Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; — always with appositive of thing measured, Genesis 18:6 (J), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:16 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:18 (twice in verse) (where apparently masculine, perhaps after analogy of other measures of capacity, הִין, תֹמֶר, כֹּר, etc., AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 95); — סַאסְּאָה Isaiah 27:8 see סאסא. — On size of se'āh = 1/3 ephah, = 12.148 litres (= 10.696 qts.), see NowArchaeology i. 203 BenzArchaeology 183.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:6; 18:6

1 Samuel

25:18; 25:18

1 Kings

18:32; 18:32

2 Kings

7:1; 7:1; 7:16; 7:16; 7:18; 7:18

Isaiah

27:8

H5429

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Strong's Number H5429 matches the Hebrew סְאָה (sᵊ'â),
which occurs 9 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Knead quickly three seahs of wheaten flour, and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - and with the stones he built an altar in the name of Jehovah, and made a trench round about the altar, of the capacity of two measures of seed;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - And Elisha said, Hear the word of Jehovah. Thus saith Jehovah: To-morrow about this time shall the measure of fine flour be at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - And the people went out and plundered the camp of the Syrians; and the measure of fine flour was at a shekel, and two measures of barley at a shekel, according to the word of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king saying, Two measures of barley shall be at a shekel, and the measure of fine flour at a shekel, to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.
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