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מֹאזֵן H3976

H3976 is the Hebrew word מֹאזֵן, transliterated môʼzên and said mo-zane'. The King James Version most often renders it balances.

Word: מֹאזֵןTransliteration: môʼzênSaid: mo-zane'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 13 verses

What it means

(only in the dual) a pair of scales.

Where it comes from

from H239 (אָזַן).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 13 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

balances 7×balance 6×

Strong's own list of renderings: balances.

Verses using מֹאזֵן

All 13 verses, quoted in full.

Leviticus 19:36 · KJV

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.

Job 6:2 · KJV

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!

Job 31:6 · KJV

Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity.

Psalm 62:9 · KJV

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.

Proverbs 11:1 · KJV

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

Proverbs 16:11 · KJV

A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.

Proverbs 20:23 · KJV

Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.

Isaiah 40:15 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 5:1 · KJV

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

Ezekiel 45:10 · KJV

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Hosea 12:7 · KJV

He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

Amos 8:5 · KJV

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?

Micah 6:11 · KJV

Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

Common questions

What does Strong's H3976 mean?

H3976 is the Hebrew word מֹאזֵן (môʼzên), meaning (only in the dual) a pair of scales.

How is H3976 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it balances (7 times), balance (6 times).

How many times does H3976 appear in the Bible?

מֹאזֵן (môʼzên) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H3976 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H239 (אָזַן).

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