8 occurrences

'Weigh' in the Bible

When he shaved his head—he shaved it every year because his hair got so heavy for him that he had to shave it off—he would weigh the hair from his head and it would be five pounds according to the royal standard.

Verse ConceptsHairsShavingCutting HairLong HairWeights Of Other ThingsTime Of YearHairweight

As the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant marched out into the middle of the battle. Suddenly, a man turned aside and brought someone to me and said, ‘Guard this man! If he is ever missing, it will be your life in place of his life, or you will weigh out 75 pounds of silver.’

Verse ConceptsCoinageEquality Of PunishmentFine As PenaltyMissing SomeoneTalents

Guard them carefully until you weigh them out in the chambers of the Lord’s house before the leading priests, Levites, and heads of the Israelite families in Jerusalem.”

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

Verse ConceptsPursuing ViolenceInjustice

Men are only a vapor;exalted men, an illusion.Weighed in the scales, they go up;together they are less than a vapor.

Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWeighingLight As ChaffComparative MeasuresMere Menbalancegirlfriends

Those who pour out their bags of goldand weigh out silver on scales—they hire a goldsmith and he makes it into a god.Then they kneel and bow down to it.

Verse ConceptsCraftsmenPursesGoldHiringMetalworkersSkillGoldsmithsWeighingBowing To False GodsAmassing SilverGold TransferredNature Of Idolatrybalance

The shekel will weigh 20 gerahs. Your mina will equal 60 shekels.

Verse ConceptsCoinageBanksCoinsComparative MeasuresLarge Denominations

Bible Theasaurus

Consider (275 instances)
Matter (380 instances)
Press (49 instances)
Weigh (35 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
βάρος 
Baros 
Usage: 4

βαρύς 
Barus 
Usage: 4

ὄγκος 
Ogkos 
Usage: 1

ταλαντιαῖος 
Talantiaios 
weight of a talent
Usage: 1

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