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Lexicon :: Strong's H5429 - sᵊ'â

Aa
סְאָה
Transliteration
sᵊ'â
Pronunciation
seh-aw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to define
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TWOT Reference: 1452

Strong’s Definitions

סְאָה çᵉʼâh, seh-aw'; from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain:—measure.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's H5429 in the following manner: measure (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's H5429 in the following manner: measure (9x).

  1. seah, a measure of flour or grain

    1. probably equal to 1/3 ephah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סְאָה çᵉʼâh, seh-aw'; from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain:—measure.
STRONGS H5429: Abbreviations
† סְאָה noun feminine (see below) se'āh, a measure of flour, grain, etc. (√ unknown; perhaps foreign word; Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סְאָה, סָאתָא, bdb068405, bdb068406, bdb068407 (Greek σάτον, LewyFremdwörter 116 f.)); — absolute סְאָהֿ 2 Kings 7:1, 16, וּסֳאָהֿ 2 Kings 7:18 (Baer Ginsb compare Ges§ 10h); dual סָאתַיִם 1 Kings 18:32 + 3 times; plural סְאִים Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; — always with appositive of thing measured, Genesis 18:6 (J), 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:16 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 7:18 (twice in verse) (where apparently masculine, perhaps after analogy of other measures of capacity, הִין, תֹמֶר, כֹּר, etc., AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 95); — סַאסְּאָה Isaiah 27:8 see סאסא. — On size of se'āh = 1/3 ephah, = 12.148 litres (= 10.696 qts.), see NowArchaeology i. 203 BenzArchaeology 183.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:6; 18:6

1 Samuel

25:18; 25:18

1 Kings

18:32; 18:32

2 Kings

7:1; 7:1; 7:16; 7:16; 7:18; 7:18

Isaiah

27:8

H5429

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Strong's Number H5429 matches the Hebrew סְאָה (sᵊ'â),
which occurs 9 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:6 - Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - Then Abigail quickly took two hundred cakes of bread and two skins full of wine and five sheep ready for cooking and five measures of dry grain and a hundred parcels of dry grapes and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - And with the stones he made an altar to the name of the Lord; and he made a deep drain all round the altar, great enough to take two measures of seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:1 - Then Elisha said, Give ear to the word of the Lord: the Lord says, Tomorrow, about this time, a measure of good meal will be offered for the price of a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the market-place of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:16 - Then the people went out and took the goods from the tents of the Aramaeans. So a measure of good meal was to be had for the price of a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:18 - So the words of the man of God came true, which he said to the king: Two measures of barley will be offered for the price of a shekel and a measure of good meal for a shekel, tomorrow about this time in the market-place of Samaria.
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