H4948

מִשְׁקָל

mishqâl · mish-kawl'

weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)

Lexicon

Derivation: from H8254 (שָׁקַל);

weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)

weight (numerically estimated)
hence, weighing (the act)

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: (full) weight.

Letters

מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
Concrete
back of the head · rising sun · circle
Extended
what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
Concrete
staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
Extended
authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › what comes behind, the returning cycle › authority, the one who leads

Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of what comes behind, the returning cycle of authority, the one who leads.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁקָל 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

49 occurrences · 49 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

the weight13 · 27%
by weight8 · 16%
weight3 · 6%
of the weight3 · 6%
and the weight3 · 6%
in weight2 · 4%
now the weight2 · 4%
without weight2 · 4%
and by weight2 · 4%
shekels weight1 · 2%
in full weight1 · 2%
neither was the weight1 · 2%
it to weigh1 · 2%
even the weight1 · 2%
he gave gold by weight1 · 2%
and likewise silver by weight1 · 2%
for the weight1 · 2%
of every one: and all the weight1 · 2%
was without weight1 · 2%
to weigh1 · 2%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מִשְׁקָלָהּ֒12מִשְׁקַ֣ל4בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל3מִשְׁקָ֔ל3בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל2בְּמִשְׁקָל֙2מִשְׁקַ֥ל2מִשְׁקָ֖ל2מִשְׁקָל֑וֹ1מִשְׁקָל֔וֹ1הַמִּשְׁקָ֖ל1וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.