HebrewH5429Noun (Feminine)

סְאָה

se.ah

6Occurrences
H5429Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) forgrain

from an unused root meaning to define;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. seah, a measure of flour or grain 1a) probably equal to 1/3 ephah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

סְאָה appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Kings
3
1 Kings
1
1 Samuel
1
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 18:32BSB

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.

1 Samuel 25:18BSB

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

2 Kings 7:1BSB

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.’”

2 Kings 7:16BSB

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.

2 Kings 7:18BSB

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.”

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