קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת
qas.qe.setscaleHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine8 occurrences4 books7 verses
Definition
by reduplication from an unused root meaning to shale off as bark; a scale (of a fish); hence a coat of mail (as composed of or covered with jointed plates of metal)
Traditional renderings: mail, scale.
Traditional renderings: mail, scale.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קַשְׂקֶ֫שֶׂת:
- λεπίςlepis“scale”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Leviticus 11:9וְקַשְׂקֶ֜שֶׂת · and scalesOf all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.
- Leviticus 11:10וְקַשְׂקֶ֗שֶׂת · and scalesBut the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
- Leviticus 11:12וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת · and scalesEverything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.
- Deuteronomy 14:9וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת · and scalesOf all the creatures that live in the water, you may eat anything with fins and scales,
- Deuteronomy 14:10וְקַשְׂקֶ֖שֶׂת · and scales…but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
- 1 Samuel 17:5קַשְׂקַשִּׂ֖ים · of mail…and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
- Ezekiel 29:4בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֑יךָ · to cling to your scales; בְּקַשְׂקְשֹׂתֶ֖יךָ · to your scalesBut I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.