מֹאזֵן
môʼzên · mo-zane'
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
Lexicon
Derivation: from H239 (אָזַן);
(only in the dual) a pair of scales
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: balances.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › strength, the leader › to cut, to sustain › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of strength, the leader that works to cut, to sustain of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מֹאזֵן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
15 occurrences · 15 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- balances3 · 20%
- balance3 · 20%
- in the balances2 · 13%
- the balances2 · 13%
- in the balance1 · 7%
- and balance1 · 7%
- in a balance1 · 7%
- of the balance1 · 7%
- thee balances1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.