מֹאזֵן mozen
Hebrew word for “balance” · Strong’s H3976 · used 15 times in 15 verses
Meaning
scales, balances; Aramaic equivalent: mo.zen (מֹאזֵנְיָא "scale" H3977)
How it is translated
Glosses given for mozen in context, with how often each is used:
- balances 8
- scales 7
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Job | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Isaiah | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Leviticus | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Hosea | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Amos | 1 | 0.5 | |
| Micah | 1 | 0.7 |
Chapters where it is used most
Isaiah 40 (2), Leviticus 19 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 31 (1), Psalms 62 (1), Proverbs 11 (1), Proverbs 16 (1), Proverbs 20 (1), Jeremiah 32 (1), Ezekiel 5 (1)
Forms
- מאזני 6
- במאזנים 4
- במאזני 2
- ומאזני 2
- מאזנים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with mozen more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- מִרְמָה mirmah “deceit” 5
- שָׁקַל shaqal “to weigh” 4
- אֶבֶן even “stone” 5
- אֵיפָה ephah “ephah” 3
- פֶּלֶס peles “balance” 2
- כִּיס kis “purse” 2
- צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 3
- תּוֹעֵבַה toevah “abomination” 2
- יָחְדָּו yachdav “together” 2
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 2
- כֶם khem “you” 2
- אָדָם adam “man” 2
Key verses
The verses using mozen that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Job 6:2 — Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
- Job 31:6 — Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.
- Psalms 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
- Proverbs 11:1 — A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
- Proverbs 16:11 — A just weight and balance are the LORD’s: all the weights of the bag are his work.
- Proverbs 20:23 — Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
- Isaiah 40:12 — Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed…
- Isaiah 40:15 — Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
- Jeremiah 32:10 — And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
- Ezekiel 45:10 — Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.
- Hosea 12:7 — He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
- Amos 8:5 — Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and…
See all 15 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.