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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.
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.
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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