Balances
Bible Usage:
- balance used 8 times.
- balances used 10 times.
- balancings used once.
- First Reference: Leviticus 19:36
- Last Reference: Revelation 6:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Naves Topical Index
Balances
Used for weighing
Job 31:6; Isaiah 40:12; Isaiah 40:15; Ezekiel 5:1
Money weighed with
Isaiah 46:6; Jeremiah 32:10
Must be just
Leviticus 19:36; Proverbs 16:11; Ezekiel 45:10
False balance used
Hosea 12:7; Amos 8:5; Micah 6:11
False balance, an abomination
Proverbs 11:1; Proverbs 20:23
Figurative
Job 6:2; Job 31:6; Psalms 62:9; Isaiah 40:12; Daniel 5:27; Revelation 6:5
Smith's Bible Dictionary
Balances
Reference to balances is found in (Leviticus 19:36) They were in common use, gold and silver being paid out and received by weight. Reference is also made in (Micah 6:11; Hosea 12:7) to the dishonest practice of buying by heavier and selling by lighter weights.
Bible Usage:
- balance used 8 times.
- balances used 10 times.
- balancings used once.
- First Reference: Leviticus 19:36
- Last Reference: Revelation 6:5
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: No
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: Yes
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: