Quick Definition
scale
Strong's Definition
a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
Derivation: by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark;
KJV Usage: mail, scale.
TWOT Reference: 2082a
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת (qas.qe.set) — scale. scale (of fish, water animals)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
| ≈ סְנַפִּיר
scales = small overlapping plates covering the body of a fish
LEV 11:9 · LEV 11:10 · LEV 11:12 · DEU 14:9 · DEU 14:10 · EZK 29:4 · EZK 29:4
Clothing | Weapons | ≈ כֹּובַע · מַד · קֹובַע
Collocation: שִׁרְיֹון קַשְׂקַשִּׂים
coat of mail = a kind of vest or shirt covering the upper part of the body and made of several hundred small bronze scales or platelets overlapping each other and sewn on a cloth or leather base; the scales were thin and about 11 by 6 centimeters; such armor was lighter than a solid metal breastplate and was also more flexible, giving greater maneuverability; used especially by soldiers who could not carry a shield but still needed protection in battle (for example, a chariot driver).
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת n.f. scale of fish, etc. base