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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 - So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five seahs of roasted grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the LORD: ‘Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a seah of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - So it happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two seahs of barley for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour for a shekel, shall be sold tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria.”
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