Quick Definition
to weigh
Strong's Definition
to suspend or poise (especially in trade)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: pay, receive(-r), spend, [idiom] throughly, weigh.
TWOT Reference: 2454
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
שָׁקַל (sha.qal) — to weigh. 1) to weigh, weigh out, pay out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to weigh 1a2) to weigh out (a price) 1a3) of grief (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be weighed 1b2) to be weighed out Aramaic equivalent: te.qal (תְּקַל "to weigh" H8625A)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מִשְׁקֹול · מִשְׁקָל · מִשְׁקֶלֶת · שֶׁקֶל
Measure | verb qal, verb nif
to weigh out = action by which humans determine the weight of an object, which is usually done with the help of a balance (scales)
GEN 23:16 · EXO 22:16 · 2SA 14:26 · 2SA 18:12 · 1KI 20:39 · EZR 8:25 · EZR 8:26 · EZR 8:29 · EZR 8:33 · EST 3:9 · EST 4:7 · JOB 28:15 · ISA 33:18 · ISA 40:12 · ISA 46:6 · ISA 55:2 · JER 32:9 · JER 32:10 · ZEC 11:12
Estimate | verb qal, verb nif
to weigh literally: to weigh; hence: = action by which humans or deities determine the intensity of an event
Estimate | verb qal
to weigh literally: to weigh; hence: = action by which humans or deities determine whether the behavior of (other) humans is morally or ethically correct
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁקַל vb. weigh Qal weigh
weigh out a price
Niph. be weighed
base