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Seah
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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(סֵאה, seah, from the obsolete סְאָה, saah, to 'expand), a Hebrew measure, properly for grain (A.V. always "measure;" Genesis 18:6; 1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 18:32; 2 Kings 7:1; 2 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 7:18); containing, according to the rabbins, the third of an ephab, i.e. nearly one and a half pecks English; according to Jerome (On Matthew 13:33), a modius and a half. From the Aramaean form has sprung the σάτον of the Sept., New Test., and Josephus. (See METROLOGY),
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Seah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/seah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Seah'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/s/seah.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
