HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5429
סְאָה
se.ah — seah
1) seah, a measure of flour or grain 1a) probably equal to 1/3 ephah
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Seah
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GREEK · G4568
σάτον
saton — seah
σάτον, -ου, τό (Aram. סָאתָא = Heb. סְאָה), [in LXX: Hag.2:17 (16)* ;] a Hebrew measure (= about a peck and a half): Mat.13:33, Luk.13:21.† (AS)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4918
מְשֻׁלָּם
me.shul.lam — Meshullam
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ki.22.3; father of: Azaliah (H0683) § Meshullam = "friend" 1) grandfather of Shaphan, the scribe 2) son of Zerubbabel 3) a Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal 4) a Benjamite, father of Sallu 5) a Benjamite who lived at Jerusalem after the captivity 6) a Benjamite 6a) perhaps the same as 3 or 4 7) a Gadite in the reign of king Jotham of Judah 8) son of Berechiah who assisted in rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem 9) son of Besodeiah who assisted Jehoiada the son of Paseah in restoring the old gate of Jerusalem 10) a chief of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 11) father of Hilkiah and high priest probably in the reign of king Amon of Judah 11a) perhaps the same as 'Shallum' 12) a priest, son of Meshillemith or Meshillemoth, son of Immer, and ancestor of Maasiai or Amashai 13) a priest or family of priests who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 14) a priest, head of the family of Ginnethon and representative of the house of Ezra in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua 15) a priest, one of the princes of Judah at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem 16) a Kohathite or family of Kohathite Levites in the reign of Josiah 17) a Levite, one of the heads sent to Iddo to gather the Levites to join the caravan about to return to Jerusalem; a chief man who assisted Ezra in abolishing the marriages which some of the people had made with foreign wives 18) ancestor of a family of porters or Levites in days of Nehemiah 19) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife and put her away 20) one of the men who stood at the left hand of Ezra when he read the law to the people 20a) maybe the same as 17
25 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H374
אֵיפָה
e.phah — ephah
1) ephah 1a) a dry measure of quantity, equal to 3 seahs, 10 omers; the same as the liquid measure bath; (about 9 imperial gallons (40 l), rabbinical writings give sizes of one-half this amount) 1b) the receptacle for measuring or holding that amount
21 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3111
יוֹיָדָע
yo.ya.da — Joiada
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.3.6; son of: Paseah (H6454I) § Joiada or Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows" 1) son of Paseah, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem 2) son of the high priest Eliashib in the time of Nehemiah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6454
פָּסֵחַ
pa.se.ach — Paseah
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.12; son of: Eshton (H0850); brother of: Beth-rapha (H1051) , Tehinnah (H8468) § Paseah or Phaseah = "limper" 1) son of Eshton of the tribe of Judah 2) ancestor of a family of temple slaves who returned from exile with Zerubbabel 3) father of Jehoiada, one who helped repair the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
4 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H850
אֶשְׁתּוֹן
esh.ton — Eshton
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.4.11; son of: Mehir (H4243); father of: Beth-rapha (H1051), Paseah (H6454), Tehinnah (H8468) § Eshton = "effeminate" a descendant of Caleb of tribe of Judah
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בֵּית רָפָא
bet ra.pah — Beth-rapha
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.12; son of: Eshton (H0850); brother of: Paseah (H6454) and Tehinnah (H8468) § Beth-rapha = "house of healing" the son of Eshton
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6894
קַב
qav — kab
1) a dry measure-cab, kab 1a) about 1.5 litres, 1/6 of a seah, or 1/18 of an ephah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8468
תְּחִנָּה
te.chin.nah — Tehinnah
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.12; son of: Eshton (H0850); brother of: Beth-rapha (H1051) and Paseah (H6454); father of: Ir-nahash (H5904) § Tehinnah = "supplication" a Judaite, son of Eshton and father of Ir-Nahash
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
In land measure, a space of 50 cubits long by 50 broad. In measure of capacity, a seah was a little over one peck. (See MEASURE.)
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.