Words the Bible translates as weigh
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shaqalשָׁקַלto weigh: to set an amount on a balance to measure its weight, and so to weigh out silver as payment
- takhanתָּכַןto weigh or measure something against a fixed standard: to mete out a quantity, gauge a person's true worth, or come out right when tested
- palasפָּלַסto bring something to true level, as a balance beam or a builder's level does: to grade a path smooth, or to weigh a thing out and size it up
- analogizomaiἀναλογίζομαιto reckon something up in the mind: to weigh it point by point and set it against something else
- salaסָלָאto weighnot studied yet
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