Words the Bible translates as weight
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- evenאֶבֶןa stone used as a standard of measure: the weight in a merchant's bag or on a builder's line
+3 more meanings
- a stone: a piece of rock a person can gather, shape, carry, throw, or build with
- a precious stone: a gem valued for its beauty and worth
- stone as an image of what is hard, heavy, lifeless, or dirt cheap
- mishqalמִשְׁקָלweight: how heavy something is, the amount measured out on a scale
- barosβάροςweight: heaviness itself, whether it presses down on the person carrying it or simply gives a thing mass and substance
- ogkosὄγκοςa weight or encumbrance: bulk that slows a person down, pictured as something a runner strips off before a race
- mishqolמִשְׁקוֹלweightnot studied yet
- netelנֵטֶלweightnot studied yet
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