Definition
from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) for grain
Traditional renderings: measure.
Traditional renderings: measure.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders סְאָה:
- μέτρονmetron“measure”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
9 total
- Genesis 18:6סְאִים֙ · seahsSo Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- 1 Samuel 25:18סְאִים֙ · seahsThen 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
- 1 Kings 18:32סָאתַ֣יִם · two seahsAnd 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.
- 2 Kings 7:1סְאָֽה־ · a seah; וְסָאתַ֧יִם · and two seahsThen 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.’”
- 2 Kings 7:16סְאָה־ · a seah; וְסָאתַ֧יִם · and two seahsThen 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.
- 2 Kings 7:18סָאתַ֨יִם · two seahs; וּֽסְאָה־ · and a seahIt 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.”