Lexicon :: Strong's H5429 - sᵊ'â

סְאָה
Transliteration
sᵊ'â
Pronunciation
seh-aw'
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to define
Dictionary Aids

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, , , (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