balances

Found 10 times in the King James Bible

H3976 Hebrew

G2218 Greek

English Definition

(only in the dual) a pair of scales

ע Hebrew (Old Testament)

Original Script

מֹאזֵן

Transliteration

môʼzên

Strong's Reference H3976

Ω Greek (New Testament)

Original Script

ζυγός

Transliteration

ʻôl

Strong's Reference G2218

Greek Meaning

a yoke (as imposed on the neck), literally or figuratively

"Balances" translates different words in the original languages. In the Old Testament (Hebrew) it corresponds to H3976, while in the New Testament (Greek) it corresponds to G2218. Context determines which original word is being used.

Occurrences in Scripture

Leviticus 19:36 Old Testament

Just balances, just weights, a

Job 6:2 Old Testament

laid in the balances together!

Jeremiah 32:10 Old Testament

money in the balances.

Ezekiel 5:1 Old Testament

take thee balances to weigh, and divide

Ezekiel 45:10 Old Testament

shall have just balances, and a just

Daniel 5:27 Old Testament

weighed in the balances, and art found

Hosea 12:7 Old Testament

a merchant, the balances of deceit are

Amos 8:5 Old Testament

and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Micah 6:11 Old Testament

with the wicked balances, and with the

Revelation 6:5 New Testament

a pair of balances in his hand.

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