The meaning of “מֹאזֵן”
Understanding môʼzên reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
balances. - (only in the dual) a pair of scales 1) scales, balances
מֹאזֵן
balances. - (only in the dual) a pair of scales 1) scales, balances
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 19:36 | “Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.” Word: מֹאזֵן (môʼzên) | |
| Psalms 62:9 | “Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.” Word: מֹאזֵן (môʼzên) | |
| Isaiah 40:15 | “Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.” Word: מֹאזֵן (môʼzên) | |
| Ezekiel 45:10 | “Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.” Word: מֹאזֵן (môʼzên) | |
| Amos 8:5 | “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?” Word: מֹאזֵן (môʼzên) |