16 occurrences in 11 translations

'Balances' in the Bible

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBalances, Metaphorical Usebalance

Only -- vanity are the low, a lie the high. In balances to go up they than vanity are lighter.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWeighingLight As ChaffComparative MeasuresMere Menbalancegirlfriends

Look! [The] nations [are] like a drop from a bucket, and they are counted like dust of [the] balances! Look! He weighs [the] islands like a thin covering.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfBalances, Metaphorical UseBucketsA Little Bitbalancedust

And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.

Verse ConceptsBalances, For BusinessWeighingSignaturesWitnessingbalanceweight

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Verse ConceptsBaldness, Figurative UseBarbersBaldnessBeardsArts And Crafts, Types ofRazorsWeighingCutting HairDividing Into Three ThingsHairbalance

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Verse ConceptsFraudCovenant breakersCheatingDishonesty, Kinds OfBuying and sellingMarketsMonthNew Moon FestivalSabbath, In OtBalances, For BusinessStealingWeighingBig ThingsSmall ThingsBeginning Of PeriodsSabbath ViolatedThose Who Deceivedbalancemarketing

And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesBlackWeighingThe Act Of OpeningOpening DocumentsComing To GodBlack AnimalsThird PersonRight Measuresbalance

Bible Theasaurus

Balances (16 instances)
Correspondence (1 instance)
Poise (1 instance)
Proportion (32 instances)
Remainder (132 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מאזן 
Mo'zen 
Usage: 15

מאזן 
Mo'zen (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

מפלשׂ 
Miphlas 
Usage: 1

קנה 
Qaneh 
Usage: 62

ζυγός 
Zugos 
Usage: 4

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