קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת
qaśqeśet
scale
Strong's H7193NounHebrewTWOT 2082a

קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת (qaśqeśet) is a Hebrew noun meaning scale. It appears 8 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7193).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2082a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2082a)scale; coat of mail; mail
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת noun, feminine: scale

scale of fish

Strong's H7193 קַשְׂקֶשֶׂת: a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
KJV:mail, scale.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2082: קשׂשׂ qśś — Root of: קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת scale

See it in Scripture

Leviticus 11:9Deuteronomy 14:91 Samuel 17:5

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