Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, October 31st, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Balance
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
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The emblem of justice (Job 31:6; Psalms 62:9; Proverbs 11:1) the test of truth and honesty. The emblem of scarcity, food being weighed out Revelation 6:5). Μozenaim , "double scales" (Genesis 23:16). Qaneh , "the beam of a balance" (Isaiah 46:6). Ρeles , "scales" (Isaiah 40:12): literally, "the beam", or else the aperture in which the tongue or beam moves.
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Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Balance'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​b/balance.html. 1949.
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Balance'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​b/balance.html. 1949.