מֹאזֵןmôʼzên
balances, scales (Isaiah 40:15; Leviticus 19:36; Jeremiah 32:10; Ezekiel 5:1; Job 6:2)
Pronunciation: mo-zane' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3976
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 15 times in the Bible.
- Leviticus 19:36 Your scales and weights must be accurate. Your containers for measuring dry materials or liquids must be accurate. I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
- Job 6:2 “If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,
- Job 31:6 Let God weigh me on the scales of justice, for he knows my integrity.
- Psalms 62:9 Common people are as worthless as a puff of wind, and the powerful are not what they appear to be. If you weigh them on the scales, together they are lighter than a breath of air.
- Proverbs 11:1 The Lord detests the use of dishonest scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
- Proverbs 16:11 The Lord demands accurate scales and balances; he sets the standards for fairness.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).