סְאָה

hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine9 occurrences4 books6 verses

Definition

from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain
Traditional renderings: measure.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סְאָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

9 total
  1. Genesis 18:6סְאִים֙ · seahs
    So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
  2. 1 Samuel 25:18סְאִים֙ · seahs
    Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeys
  3. 1 Kings 18:32סָאתַ֣יִם · two seahs
    And with the stones, Elijah built an altar in the name of the LORD. Then he dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed.
  4. 2 Kings 7:1סְאָֽה־ · a seah; וְסָאתַ֧יִם · and two seahs
    Then Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel.’”
  5. 2 Kings 7:16סְאָה־ · a seah; וְסָאתַ֧יִם · and two seahs
    Then the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a seah of fine flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
  6. 2 Kings 7:18סָאתַ֨יִם · two seahs; וּֽסְאָה־ · and a seah
    It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of fine flour will sell for a shekel.”