11 occurrences

'Scales' in the Bible

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatever hath fins and scales in waters, in seas and in rivers, these shall ye eat;

Verse ConceptsSea DwellersClean FoodBrooksFishThe SeaEating Meatpork

but all that have not fins and scales in seas and in rivers, of all that swarm in the waters, and of every living soul which is in the waters they shall be an abomination unto you.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsSea DwellersUnclean SpiritsGod Hating ThingsUnclean Animals

Whatever in the waters hath no fins and scales, that shall be an abomination unto you.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsUnclean SpiritsGod Hating ThingsUnclean Animalspork

These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat;

but whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat: it shall be unclean unto you.

Verse ConceptsUnclean SpiritsUnclean AnimalsFish

And he had a helmet of bronze upon his head, and he was clothed with a corselet of scales; and the weight of the corselet was five thousand shekels of bronze.

Verse ConceptsBreastplatesArmourHead coveringArmor ProtectionHelmetsWeights Of Other ThingsBronze Armour

Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales?

Verse ConceptsBalance In LifeBreadthDivine BalancesHand Of GodHillsNatureBalances, Metaphorical UseStrength, DivineWeighingNumerous As DustHollowScienceThe OceanbalancedustweightmeasurementThe Vastness Of Nature

Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.

Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfBalances, Metaphorical UseBucketsA Little Bitbalancedust

And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales;

Verse ConceptsThings Stuck TogetherGod Lifting People

And straightway there fell from his eyes as it were scales, and he saw, and rising up was baptised;

Verse ConceptsEyes Cared ForChristian BaptismScaleshumordamascus

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λεπίς 
Lepis 
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