KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Measures or objects used to determine heaviness. Sense 2: The standards by which things are weighed.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Leviticus 19:36
Complete exact-word concordance
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.
Iust ballances, iust weights, a iust Ephah, and a iust Hin shall ye haue: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
1611 marginal noteHeb. stones.
1611 marginal noteProu. 11.1. and 16.11. and 20.10.
¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
¶ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge diuers weights, a great, and a small.
1611 marginal noteHebr. a stone and a stone.
A just weight and balance are the Lord’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
A iust weight and ballance are the LORDs: all the weights of the bagge are his worke.
1611 marginal noteHeb. all the stones.
1611 marginal noteLeuit. 19.36. chap. 11.1.
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.
Diuers weights, and diuers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
1611 marginal noteHebr. a stone, and a stone.
1611 marginal noteHebr. an ephah, and an ephah.
1611 marginal noteDeut. 25.15. chap.11.1. and .16.2.
Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.
Diuers waights are an abomination vnto the LORD: and a false ballance is not good.
1611 marginal noteVerse 10.
1611 marginal noteHebr. ballances of deceit.
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitfull weights?
1611 marginal noteOr, shall I be pure with, &c.
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