פָּלַסpâlaç
Pi`el: weigh, make level (Psalms 78:20; Psalms 58:3; Proverbs 4:26)
Pronunciation: paw-las' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6424
Meanings
1. weigh out (Psalms 58:3)
2. make level (Proverbs 4:26; Proverbs 5:21; Isaiah 26:7)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 58:2 No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land.
- Psalms 78:50 He turned his anger against them; he did not spare the Egyptians’ lives but ravaged them with the plague.
- Proverbs 4:26 Mark out a straight path for your feet; stay on the safe path.
- Proverbs 5:6 For she cares nothing about the path to life. She staggers down a crooked trail and doesn’t realize it.
- Proverbs 5:21 For the Lord sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.
- Isaiah 26:7 But for those who are righteous, the way is not steep and rough. You are a God who does what is right, and you smooth out the path ahead of them.
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).